My gf and i went as mermaid man and barnicle boy last year
My dear Alex,
You will be glad to know that my brother’s marriage is taking place on 25th Nov. My brother has asked me to invite you.
So you are cordially invited to attend the marriage. You are requested to come two or three days before the marriage to help us in preparations.
Please convey my best regards to your parents and love to Youngers.
Yours sincerely,
Sarah
We are presented with a libertine speaker talking of many lovers. He suggests that, though he has spoken about the pain of love, it is only ‘Love’s pleasures’ that he cares about. As such, he has ‘betrayed’ ‘a thousand beauties’. He claims to have been a callous and deceiving lover, telling ‘the fair’ about the ‘wounds and smart’ they long to hear of, then ‘laughing’ and leaving. The poem is written in three elegant septets. Notice the iambic tetrameter and consider how important form might be to the theme of this particular kind of love and betrayal.
This speaker may not be entirely honest. The final stanza begins with ‘Alone’. Is there any sense of regret here? The speaker claims to be ‘Without the hell’ of love, yet in the same line we find reference to the ‘heaven of joy’. He may even also sacrificed his joy with his promiscuous love.
Answer:
The answer is simple :) Hope this helps!
