This poem is mainly based on lust rather than loving someone for who they truly are. According to Devan Corey, “This poem is a sweet song of love from the young man to his lover. However, if I were the woman, I would not accept his love until I can trust him … this poem that the man desires more of the body of the woman than her real love for him” (Corey). “Go, lovely Rose” compares a woman with a rose, which is an object without a soul. Furthermore, the speaker only makes reference to the youth of the woman and her physical appearance and disregards her feeling toward him. The only reason the speaker provides why the women should love him back is because time will take her beauty and her youth. The speaker sounds indigent and try to manipulate her into loving him back. The speaker undoubtedly keeps on reminding the woman that her body is the only thing that is moral and discards her soul, which is
This poem is mainly based on lust rather than loving someone for who they truly are. According to Devan Corey, “This poem is a sweet song of love from the young man to his lover. However, if I were the woman, I would not accept his love until I can trust him … this poem that the man desires more of the body of the woman than her real love for him” (Corey). “Go, lovely Rose” compares a woman with a rose, which is an object without a soul. Furthermore, the speaker only makes reference to the youth of the woman and her physical appearance and disregards her feeling toward him. The only reason the speaker provides why the women should love him back is because time will take her beauty and her youth. The speaker sounds indigent and try to manipulate her into loving him back. The speaker undoubtedly keeps on reminding the woman that her body is the only thing that is moral and discards her soul, which is