Analysis Of There Is A Garden In Her Face

Second, the poem called There Is a Garden in Her Face, written by Thomas Campion, describes the perspective of love, based on external beauty. The male reciter in the poem discusses how magnificent the woman is, based on her glorious face. To make the readers understand his visual perception, he uses plenty of metaphors, similes, and symbolism to describe the woman in the most extraordinary way possible. Examples of these figures of speech include that the female’s face can compare with a garden with plenty of sweet fruits. When people plant gardens, it can represent nature appreciation and well as the respect for the purity and quality of fresh abundance of food. Comparing to the man’s perspective and the garden interpretation, he recognizes …show more content…
The cherries grown in the garden, refers to the female's lips, due to its rich colour and smooth texture. In the garden, the men cannot pick the cherries, until they are ripe. This statement could symbolize that the opposite gender cannot have access to her lips after she is ready and mature. Here, the woman is young, but very intelligent and attentive, since she wants to stay humble and pure, for her age. The man again compares her white teeth and lips, with rosebuds filled with snow. Even if winter symbolic on the matter of death, the snow instead as a positive impact since they are on top of rosebuds, which these flowers come out during the spring. The phrase states that life is still sustainable, through rough conditions. Even though the woman is beautiful as a goddess, men cannot meet her, since she is not ready for any suitable relationship. The reciter also discusses how the eyes are like angels, which could mean they symbolize the feelings of protection, loyalty, and trust. However, there is a downfall about the woman’s appearance in the poem where she narrows her eyebrows towards other men who seek her …show more content…
The author uses figures of speech including irony and symbolism throughout the poem, to sustain the audience’s attention, and understanding the main character's perspective. As the poem begins, the male narrator stays all alone in a poor, isolated cottage, while a rich woman named Porphyria comes into the cottage from the strong rainstorm to see him. Since the lovers have opposing social statuses, they came to see each other in private, since they feel more comfortable expressing their love with one another, without the expectations of society. When Porphyria comes in, she sets up a fire from the cold cottage. The fire symbolizes the love and pleasure that Porphyria wishes to give to him. However, contrasting the heat from the flames, the fire will extinguish at a certain point. Here, it foreshadows that Porphyria’s romantic presence in the relationship will last for a short period. When Porphyria takes off her wet clothes, it shows that Porphyria has a comfortable attraction towards the male narrator. In addition, the soiled gloves and her fallen hair can symbolize suspicious events, whom the woman might already have a relationship with another man. The term of being dirty and being known as a “fallen woman” during the Victorian era, shows the acts of sinful adultery. The male narrator doesn’t respond since he