Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO WHAT SHALL I COMPARE HER, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Than the truth Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour Subject(s): Women; Love; Beauty; Truth | ||||||||
To what shall I compare her, That is as fair as she? For she is fairer''"fairer Than the sea. What shall be likened to her, The sainted of my youth? For she is truer''"truer Than the truth. As the stars are from the sleeper, Her heart is hid from me; For she is deeper''"deeper Than the sea. Yet in my dreams I view her Flush rosy with new ruth''" Dreams! Ah, may these prove truer Than the truth. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INCLINED TO SPEAK by LAWRENCE JOSEPH WHAT IS TRUTH? by JOHN BOWRING EVERYTHING THAT ACTS IS ACTUAL by DENISE LEVERTOV LYING MY HEAD OFF by CATE MARVIN TRUTH SERUM by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE FROST AND HIS ENEMIES by ROBERT BLY A GOOD PLAY by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |
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