Come Live With Me And Be My Love Analysis

Come live with me and be my love. What does that line really mean? Is it supposed to be something romantic that we say to those we love or is it in fact objectifying women?

I stumbled upon a poem, with no title, about a passionate shepherd to his love and I was both enraged and disgusted. Enraged that men were treating women as no more than a prized possession that they could control. And disgusted that they could do so, with the knowledge that women bring life into the world and nurture it from an innocent baby to adulthood. With the knowledge that on a regular basis they say things like ‘I love you’ and ‘my heart skips a beat whenever you are around’, not meaning a single word. If men really did love and care about us, they wouldn’t tell

We won’t be bent by the solid and rock-like male authority figures in society. We shouldn’t let ourselves be forced to do things and let the rocks get away with it with no consequences.

Even something like poetry is an example of how women are mistreated every day. ‘Come live with me and be my love’ sounds more like an order rather than a request up for negotiation. Characterising women as a possession isn’t the true meaning of love. When men call you ‘me love’, they see you as no more than an object that they are entitled to so that their needs and desires are met. The poem should say ‘I love you, would you like to be with me’ as opposed to a harsh order.

Not all women are delicate like flowers that idealise a life surrounded by rolling hills, valleys and fragrant fields of wild daisies. We don’t all love the smell of buttercups and bellflowers and love to listen to the harmonious calls of birds. Some of us find the screech of birds to be horrendous and deafening, not at all peaceful and melodious. Concluding that women all fit into the same category because we all have the same anatomy is just wrong and so disgraceful. Some of us appreciate the hustle and bustle of the town, the early rises and close quarters. Who are men to make up our minds for us on what

Making a list of unrealistic promises to win over a woman’s heart is so insulting. How stupid do they think we are? Just because we don’t have the right to and education like they do, we still have great strengths, knowledge and common sense. We know that a simple shepherd can’t afford expensive presents like gold, coral and amber. You shouldn’t want to build a future because of materialistic items. You should want to spend the rest of your life with someone they are truly and completely in love with. Even in poetry, something that is meant to be beautiful and romantic, mighty men still manage to assert and abuse their power over us.

As Queen Elizabeth has said once before, ‘I know I have the body of a weak, feeble women; but I have a heart and stomach of a king, and a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm; to which rather than by dishonour shall grow by me, I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the