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1. • • He drew from the Neoplatonist discourse of Reason and of Love to emphasize individual relationships. In so doing, Marvell uses a faith-based virtue, love for fellow men, to promote a stable polity.
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   What is the theme of 'the definition of Love' by Andrew Marvell?

   • ‘The Definition of Love’ by Andrew Marvell contains several themes. The most important theme of the poem is love. The poet describes the character of his love for his beloved. According to the poet, this love is perfect and therefore unattainable. This love is divine, but for that very reason hopeless.

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   What stanza is the definition of Love by Andrew Marvell?

   • ‘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’. Each line of the poem is octosyllabic and it constitutes an iambic tetrameter. The alternate lines of the poem rhyme altogether. It is not a glib measure, and all three poems are noticeably short.

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   What is the prevailing mood of the poem 'The definition of Love'?

   • The repeated emphasis on the malice of fate is very pessimistic. Hence the prevailing mood of the poem is one of despondency notwithstanding the feeling of calm contentment at the end. The poem, ‘ The Definition of Love ‘ by Andrew Marvell describes the character of the poet’s love for his beloved.

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   What does Andrew Marvell say about love?

   • Powered by LitCharts content and AI. Andrew Marvell's "The Definition of Love" suggests that the greatest love is an impossible one. The poem's speaker and a beloved can't be together, but by going on loving each other in spite of distance and hopelessness, they achieve a love the speaker imagines in terms of mathematical perfection.

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   What metaphor does Marvell use in the definition of Love?

   • For instance, like Donne, Marvell uses the idea of the world as a metaphor for his relation to his lover: in the fifth stanza of ‘The Definition of Love’, Marvell likens himself and his lover to the two poles of the Earth – North and South Poles – which have the whole world between them, and are themselves destined never to meet.

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   Is Andrew Marvell a metaphysical poet?

   • We started off by mentioning that Andrew Marvell is associated with the Metaphysical Poets, and ‘The Definition of Love’ offers a similarly ‘Metaphysical’ idea of love to that seen in, say, John Donne’s poetry (see, for instance, ‘ The Good-Morrow ’).

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   Apr 18, 2024 · Through the use of paradoxes, Marvell’s poem explores the complex and contradictory nature of love, where desire can be born from despair and fulfillment remains out of reach. While acknowledging the limitations imposed by fate, “The Definition of Love” emphasizes the enduring power of an unfulfilled desire, highlighting the yearning for ...

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   Aug 1, 2016 · What does ‘The Definition of Love’ mean, and what is Marvell saying about love? Marvell likens the course of love to geometric lines, arguing that ‘oblique’ lines (i.e. lines which slant, or are not parallel) often meet, just as imperfect lovers will often find their match; but lines which are truly ‘parallel’ will never meet (since ...

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   Marvell, who draws upon neo-Platonic symbolism and correspondences of geometrical forms and types of love, uses them so easily that one is unaware of his erudition.

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   Theme, Imagery, and Metaphysical Conceits in the Poem. The poem, ‘The Definition of Love‘ by Andrew Marvell describes the character of the poet’s love for his beloved. This love, says the poet, is perfect and therefore unattainable.

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   But Marvell's 'Definition', though it expresses that stoic awe which often characterizes the Platonic lover, defines a love 'begotten by despair', and with despair the Platonic