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- God's Love. Poet: Nila K. Bartley. God's love is expressed in many ways, In family, friends, money, and other blessings galore all of our days, For we all are precious to Him,
- God's Love. Poet: Mary C. Ryan. Midst scenes of distress, oh I what would we do, If God's love like His rainbow was not. Encircling the world, with its chasms of woe,
- God Is Love. Poet: John Bowring. I cannot always trace the way. Where Thou, Almighty One, dost move, But I can always, always say, That God is love. When fear her chilling mantle throws.
- God is True. Poet: John Zurn. The day may groan. and signs break down. while night may seem uncertain. But I still know. that God is now. beyond my restless feelings.
The central theme of the 49 poems of the first series is love —the divine love of God and Christ for man as proven by Christ’s saving grace to the elect and, conversely, the human love that the elect should have for Christ and God. Three unnumbered poems, entitled “The Experience,” “The Return,” and “The Reflexion,” which Taylor ...
Oct 15, 2014 · We recorded several years ago, the poet Forrest Gander reading it. When we acquire poets, we often ask them to read one of their favorite poems. And here's how he explains why he chose this particular poem. Forrest Gander: What I love about this poem is the struggle between the ego and its sublimation, its humility. And how that's acted out in ...
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- Analysis of Why Do I Love You Sir
The poem begins with the speaker stating that she loves God because it is a natural thing to do. She is the grass, he is the wind, and he moves her. There is no why or how about it. There is another natural example that works in the same way in the third stanza. She is the eye that closes when the lightning flashes. It does not ask the eye “wherefo...
There is not one single pattern of rhymewithin the text. Rather, Dickinson chose to make use of scattered instances of rhyme in order to provide the text with some rhythmic unity, but not get bogged down by a particular structure. This technique also ensures that the focus remains on the images and their meanings. Some examples of rhyme in the text...
Scholars are divided over what Dickinson’s dashes and capitalization could mean. But in this case, the dashes, which are prominent in the last line, are easily read as moments in which the speaker was overwhelmed and/or pausing for dramatic emphasis. It is also a way for the reader, and Dickinson herself, to gather their thoughts together before mo...
Stanza One
From the first lines of ‘Why Do I Love You, Sir’ the speaker makes a comparisonbetween nature and God. It seems as though these natural reference, to “The Wind” or “The Lightning” are necessary for her to adequately express her emotions. She opens the poem with the phrase that came to be used as the title. This introduction provides the background for the poem, and the question which must be answered in the following lines. The speaker intends to provide God with all the reasons that she love...
Stanza Two
The next stanza of ‘Why Do I Love You, Sir’ also contains five lines. It is more confusing though as the syntax is jumbled and out of order. In its simplest form, the lines are saying that God, and the religious faith within her heart, are what provide her with wisdom. She is not able to fully comprehend God, or what he does and mean. His love is enough for her.
Stanza Three
The third stanza is the longest, at six lines. Here, Dickinson uses another metaphorto describe the reactions within her own body to the love of God. She again uses nature to depict her feelings in regard to faith. She states that “The Lightning” never asks “an Eye” why it shut when the light strikes. The answer is obvious, no one needs to ask. This is the same natural feeling that was depicted in the first stanza with the wind and grass. The “Lightning,” personifiedas God by the speaker, kno...
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Poems about the love of God offer us a glimpse into the sacred bond between the divine and the human. Through the powerful verses of poets like Francis Thompson, George Herbert, and Charlotte Brontë, we are reminded of the unconditional, relentless, and transformative nature of God's love.
Christian poetry has long been a vehicle for expressing the profound love that believers have for God. Through beautifully crafted verses, poets explore the depths and boundlessness of God's love, drawing inspiration from its comforting and empowering nature.
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By Langston Hughes. I am God— Without one friend, Alone in my purity. World without end. Below me young lovers. Tread the sweet ground— But I am God— I cannot come down. Spring! Life is love! Love is life only! Better to be human. Than God—and lonely. Originally appeared in the October 1931 issue of Poetry magazine.
