‘In Paris With You’ by James Fenton and ‘Hour’ by Carol An Duffy Essay

James Fenton born(p) 25th of April 1949 is a juvenile English poet, journalist a literary critic and was similarly a former Oxford professor of rhyme. He wrote several books almost poetry broadly speaking roughly human relationship and war like the collection of songs The Memory of state of war. He received multiple of awards for his poetry, the latest was in 2007 when he was rewarded a Queens Gold Medal for Poetry. Carol Ann Duffy born 23 December 1955 is also a modern Scottish poet and playwright. Her poetry style speaks ab give away everyday life beats through stages of her life about complete, memory and languages. She wrote poetry collection, children books and plays. Both poets show heavy touchings about spot in their respectful meters simply each poem contains diverse table of contents but apply to the same theme bonk.In genus Paris With You makes the lector forecast that the poem is amative but it actually an anti-clich poem that focuses in the main on t he poets vitriolicness towards screw because he speaks about his experience with his rejected savor and his rebound relationship, the poem rejects conventional topics about contend. He might subscribe to been in cacoethes before and she left him, that is seen when he says Yes Im angry at the way Im been bamboozled. and that is why hes hurt and in need of forgetting about his former honeyr but isnt quite there barely when he starts the poem in a minus way wear downt talk to me of love. Ive had an earful This suggests that the narrator finds the consequence of love difficult to discuss because of his share of love and heartbreak.Throughout the poem forefathert is repeated and that indicates repetition in the first and last cardinal stanza, it also shows how controlling Fenton was with his former buff when hes unendingly saying Dont as she left him. This gives the scaner an flavour of the poet is possessive and heartbroken because of the ending of his former relations hip. The sentence Dont talk to me of love and that proves that the man is determined on keeping the subject of love out of a conversation and detest it be brought up by cause of his heartbreak from his past relationship as if difficult to protect himself from further pain. I find the way the poet started the poem in a oppose way really intense because the poet jumps into the subject without pleasantries towards love and doesnt hide his distaste towards it and shows his deep bitterness against love.Fenton also dialogue about how hes victimized and has a feeling of self-pity by love throughout the poem when he describes the state he has been when his relationship ended with his ex lover, how he exhausted it hurt and drowning his misery with alcohol to help him forget. In the first stanza, he says Im single of your talking wounded. That has a strong imaging of war because wounded suggests that individual is injured in battle and in this case, injured because of love. The p oet also mentions that Im a hostage.Im maroonded and that show us his emphasize on him being abandoned and deserted as he describes it as hes trapped and stranded. He uses metaphors when he says that hes really trapped as a hostage and left totally in an inescapable bit. He shows rebellion when he says maroonded or else quarantined which is the right term. It gives the reader and idea of how painful love is to the poet and lowers the readers expectations of romance and love. Fenton uses a comical rhyme in wounded and maroonded to tack a humor into the poem to lighten up the mood of the poem despite the bitterness. I think that the way the poet describes himself is in a scourge state after being deceived by love.The poems human action In Paris With You suggests a quixotic theme but its ironic that Paris is the city of love but Fenton is yet in Paris because hes on the rebound but only because Paris reminds him of his former relationship. He uses repetition of Im in Paris wi th You throughout the poem reflects the verbalisers insistent density on the present. Fenton then goes off listing to show his disdain towards Paris landmark and how he doesnt want to visit Paris romantic landmarks If we skip the Champs Elysees meaning he would sort of remain here in this sleazy, old hotel room meaning that the poet rejects the traditional and usual romantic gestures and dresss in Paris and that they are un principal(prenominal) and that shows us that he doesnt manage about the scenery around him as long being unneurotic with his lover, but stay in Paris is only about being on the rebound to forget his former love, and that hed rather stay in a cheap hotel room instead of leaving out to romantic Paris features.It creates an image in the readers mind of the tone of this poem where it goes from bitter, sad and mournful and tells us that the poet doesnt actually care about the woman or lover he had in company. Theres enjambment between stanzas three and fou r in in this sleazyOld hotel room. That is utilize because the poet wants the poem read in a faster pace instead of a belatedly one without pauses in between stanzas so it shows the poets thoughts. I think the way the poet emphasize his bitterness towards love resulted to him turning towards alcohol and lust, his deportment is relatable in many ways because after a heartbreak, deal race to try to forget their feelings and their aching heart.Hour talks about how conviction is an enemy of love and how it destroys love with how quick it goes, that sentence is an obstacle for love and Duffy starts the poem with Loves time beggar, which is personification and it suggests that love is interdependent and is a slave for time, that it doesnt last forever and that is a negative sign. This has a huge impact on the reader because when being in love, there is never enough time to spend together with your lover and it goes quickly. The personification show us the image of love being a be ggar and time being someone who would pass by and offer, that is when Duffy used but even a single hour, bright as a dropped coin, makes love rich.And that means that time, which is the passer, offers love only an hour to be spent on and narrator values that and it also shows strong imagery of richesiness to present that the love is far more unprecedented than all the riches in the world. This also suggests to the reader that the time spent between the speaker and her love is valuable for the two of them. Like I said above, love being put as a beggar has a negative tone and that only highlights the fact that time is a problem for love. The poem is a extended metaphor that time wastes love and that is seen when the narrator says For thousands of seconds we court and that could only mean that the narrator in the poem has been counting the time because she still couldnt get enough of her lover.Throughout the poem, the poet uses various of imagery of wealth that identifies that th e narrator finds the hour spent with her love one precious to her, Duffy uses the sentence love spins gold, gold, gold from straw, which links to the story of Rumplestilskin where it also talks about how straw turns to gold, it also introduces the contrast to show that opposite things mentioned in the poem like jewel and cuckoo spit and in the sentence, the poet says that love is spinning from straw which is negative and an ordinary thing to gold demonstrate that love is cherished and valued.If the reader has experienced love in their life, they allow for find themselves relating to certain parts of the poem and find that longing love does indeed block you finding the small amount of time precious. Duffy uses illusion like gold and wealth imagery when she mentions coin rich cling to and etcetera to emphasize that love is more valuable than all the wealth and treasures of the world. I could agree that being in love with someone could leave you dependent on that person and set them as your reason of happiness and that is a graceful thing, however, people shouldnt rely on love too much because it will leave them in pain when the opposite person break their heart or falls out of love.Duffy uses romantic imagery in the first stanza, line 3 and 4 where she shows how unloving scenery is more than enough for her that her and her lover would rather be out in nature. She says Spend it not on flowers or wine, but the substantial of the summer sky and a mark ditch. And that the place to her isnt important as long as her lover and she are together, she prefers the outdoors because of the rude(a) setting that surrounds them because of its simplicity. It also displays sign of sibilance and the effectiveness of the narrators feeling and her lover would rather enjoy the nature and the natural air instead of going on typical and traditional dates (courting) and that shows non-conventional ideas of love.The reader would find the idea of being out in nature a bi t weird for dates but some may relate. Duffy suggests that the summer sky and a grass ditch which is far away from being a traditional place to spend with your love one but the narrator finds it an exceeding filling to enjoy the summer sky and not be distracted with people in public, romantic places because the narrator only has an hour to spend it with her love. I find the setting of the poem odd to be a place spent by two people but it only defines who her lover and her are as a couple in this society and how different they are from the rest of normal couples and that is special.Both poems have similarity because they both show vivid feeling conveyed by the poet. Whilst In Paris with You is bitter towards love, Hour is more about how time is an obstacle for love and spend an hour with your loved one is precious. The structure in both poems is also different. The similarities between both poems use metaphoric language to describe wound up feelings and also write in first pe rson. I like the In Paris With You poem because it had a deeper meaning into the words and people would have to read between the lines to finally get it with poetry. Hour is a beautiful poem but I didnt find myself pulled deeper into the words but Duffy does display both light and darkness and that is something interesting.