Comparing Love In Wulf And Eadwacer IX, And Marie De France
Separation of Love
At some point in everybody’s life, love is reached. This affection is part of our human experience. The strong emotional attachment expresses our physical compassion towards one another. In many different ways love can be expressed and can lead to both fulfilment and grief. Throughout writings of literature, love has been presented in various styles. Through the works of “Wulf and Eadwacer”, Guillaume IX, and Marie de France, separate approaches of love are shown. The themes of love being unattainable, overwhelming, and sorrowful reveal the expression of love.
In “Wulf and Eadwacer”, the poet represents that love is something that is there, but cannot be reached. The poem reveals to the reader a girl that shows love and compassion for a man named Wulf, but she cannot be with him. This feeling between the two characters is unattainable causing a heartbreaking and depressing setting. The women proclaims,
“Wulf, my Wulf, it was wanting you/ that made me sick, your seldom coming,/ the hollowness at heart; not the hunger I spoke of./ Do you hear me Eadwacer? …show more content…
Love is so powerful that even when the person you love doesn’t love you back you still can’t help, but love them. Guillaume IX reveals this feeling and attachment throughout his poem, “I Shall Make a New Song”. The narrator cries, “I worship no other women./ If I do not get help soon/ and my lady does not give me love,/ by Saint Gregory’s holy head I’ll die”(New Song 14-18). He also proclaims, “And you better know, I love you so much,/ I’m afraid the pain will prick me to death,/ if you don’t do right, be me for the wrongs, I cry against you”(New Song 22-24) This passion for this woman the man has is so strong that no matter what, he cannot stop loving her. He knows that his love does not feel the same way, but this feeling engulfs his entire existence. The love portrayed by Guillaume IX is overpowering and
At some point in everybody’s life, love is reached. This affection is part of our human experience. The strong emotional attachment expresses our physical compassion towards one another. In many different ways love can be expressed and can lead to both fulfilment and grief. Throughout writings of literature, love has been presented in various styles. Through the works of “Wulf and Eadwacer”, Guillaume IX, and Marie de France, separate approaches of love are shown. The themes of love being unattainable, overwhelming, and sorrowful reveal the expression of love.
In “Wulf and Eadwacer”, the poet represents that love is something that is there, but cannot be reached. The poem reveals to the reader a girl that shows love and compassion for a man named Wulf, but she cannot be with him. This feeling between the two characters is unattainable causing a heartbreaking and depressing setting. The women proclaims,
“Wulf, my Wulf, it was wanting you/ that made me sick, your seldom coming,/ the hollowness at heart; not the hunger I spoke of./ Do you hear me Eadwacer? …show more content…
Love is so powerful that even when the person you love doesn’t love you back you still can’t help, but love them. Guillaume IX reveals this feeling and attachment throughout his poem, “I Shall Make a New Song”. The narrator cries, “I worship no other women./ If I do not get help soon/ and my lady does not give me love,/ by Saint Gregory’s holy head I’ll die”(New Song 14-18). He also proclaims, “And you better know, I love you so much,/ I’m afraid the pain will prick me to death,/ if you don’t do right, be me for the wrongs, I cry against you”(New Song 22-24) This passion for this woman the man has is so strong that no matter what, he cannot stop loving her. He knows that his love does not feel the same way, but this feeling engulfs his entire existence. The love portrayed by Guillaume IX is overpowering and