Against Love
2005-07-02
Giru Lee
  The poem "Against Love," by Katherine Phillips, criticizes the romantic aspect of love and makes fun of people who sacrifice themselves for the sake of love. With the rhymes used at the ends of every lines, the poem describes the painful experiences people go through by "stupidly" falling into love.

  Yet, I do not believe that either the pain of the love is to be criticized, even if love does often come with pain. Sometimes, pain completes love, and pain makes love even more beautiful. For example, Romio and Juliet died because they loved each other madly, but should the love thus be considered "foolish"? Isn't such love one of the most graceful, beautiful part of our minds?

  Love has the power to change even the most egocentric, selfish man to a magnanimous, heartwarming man because love makes him to sacrifice himself for the sake of another person. Indeed, what is criticized and foolded in this poem is infact the most graceful ingredient of this world.

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