Another of the Same

'TIS true, 'tis day ; what though it be?
O, wilt thou therefore rise from me?
Why should we rise because 'tis light?
Did we lie down because 'twas night?
Love, which in spite of darkness brought us hither,
Should in despite of light keep us together.

Light hath no tongue, but is all eye ;
If it could speak as well as spy,
This were the worst that it could say,
That being well I fain would stay,
And that I loved my heart and honour so
That I would not from him, that had them, go.

Must business thee from hence remove?
O ! that's the worst disease of love,
The poor, the foul, the false, love can
Admit, but not the busied man.
He which hath business, and makes love, doth do
Such wrong, as when a married man doth woo.

The poem is constructed of three stanzas; each stanza contains six lines. The first stanza is written in the form of a dramatic monologue of four questions which ask if it is true that the speakers lover is going to leave because day has come. The speaker considers the importance of time and the on the continuation of love even as day rolls into night and night rolls into day. The second stanza personifies light and shows how it can affect the speaker's emotions towards his or her lover. The narrator is also convinced that if light could see things that would do little sense at first, they would suddenly become clear. In the third stanza the daily activities which have to do with light are described such as business and work and how they affect in a negative way the speaker’s attitude. In this poem there is used a simple diction which contains vocabulary used in everyday experiences. In the first stanza the speaker says: "Tis true, 'tis day; What though it be? O Wilt thou therefore rise from me?" This shows the speaker’s surprise after knowing that his lover will leave because day has arrived. The use of ‘should’ in ‘Why should we rise…’ (3) and ‘should’ in ‘despite of light’ (6) marks the speakers need to convince himself through rational thought that he and his beloved together with their love should remain strong regardless of the passing of time and the elements of ‘day’ and ‘night’.

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