On line 3, Clare provides a visual image of how he portrays the female’s face to be as beautiful as a flower when it first blooms. “ Her face it bloomed like a sweet flower” (Mellor 1990). Flowers are viewed as objects of love and tokens of affection, which goes back to Clare 's main theme in this poem. For example, on holidays such as Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day the admirer gives flowers to show their appreciation and love towards whomever they are honoring. He also goes on to elaborate and add emphasis to the flower being “sweet” which leads the reader to believe that this female carries attributes that make her face seem sweet and innocent. Another simile Clare uses in this poem is “ Words from my eyes did start- They spoke as chords do from the string” (Mellor 1990). This possibly means that Clare was speechless and related his emotional state to the common phrase “love at first sight”. Much like musicians use music and lyrics to express themselves, Clare uses the image of a musical instrument with strings to express how ‘swiftly’ the beauty of the female came to him much like the sounds come off
On line 3, Clare provides a visual image of how he portrays the female’s face to be as beautiful as a flower when it first blooms. “ Her face it bloomed like a sweet flower” (Mellor 1990). Flowers are viewed as objects of love and tokens of affection, which goes back to Clare 's main theme in this poem. For example, on holidays such as Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day the admirer gives flowers to show their appreciation and love towards whomever they are honoring. He also goes on to elaborate and add emphasis to the flower being “sweet” which leads the reader to believe that this female carries attributes that make her face seem sweet and innocent. Another simile Clare uses in this poem is “ Words from my eyes did start- They spoke as chords do from the string” (Mellor 1990). This possibly means that Clare was speechless and related his emotional state to the common phrase “love at first sight”. Much like musicians use music and lyrics to express themselves, Clare uses the image of a musical instrument with strings to express how ‘swiftly’ the beauty of the female came to him much like the sounds come off