![]() This love is divine, but for that very reason hopeless. According to the poet, this love is perfect and therefore unattainable. The poet describes the character of his love for his beloved. The most important theme of the poem is love. ‘The Definition of Love’ by Andrew Marvell contains several themes. What distinguishes this poem from the poems mentioned earlier is its confidence, resonant tone, and exceptional speed. This poem of Marvell’s has eight stanzas, whereas the two others have nine and four respectively. It is not a glib measure, and all three poems are noticeably short. The alternate lines of the poem rhyme altogether. Each line of the poem is octosyllabic and it constitutes an iambic tetrameter. ‘The Definition of Love’ by Andrew Marvell has the same stanza form that is used in the poems, ‘Mourning’ and ‘The Mower to the Glow-worms’. ![]() For the inability to come close to his beloved, he defines his love as “the conjunction of the mind”, and “opposition of the stars.” The love can be fulfilled only if the spinning spheres collapse and if the earth is torn asunder by some violent convulsion. It has placed the two lovers apart like the “North Pole” and the “South Pole”. The poet in the next lines tells that it is the hostility of “Fate” which is responsible for not permitting him and his beloved to be united. In the case of a love like this, “Hope” would prove to be utterly vain and futile because this love can never be achieved. It is the offspring of the marriage of “Despair/ upon Impossibility.” Only resolute Despair could have produced such divine love. This love, the poet says, is of rare birth. In the poem, the poet, first of all, makes his readers acquainted with the parentage of this love. The poet regards this love as being perfect and therefore unattainable. ‘The Definition of Love’ by Andrew Marvell talks about the nature of love, which exists between the poet and his beloved. ‘The Definition of Love’ by Andrew Marvell presents the account of the lovelorn poet and his definition of love.
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