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Figurative Language In William Shakespeare's Meeting At Night

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There is almost no limit for a person that loves someone, there is nothing they wouldn’t do for them. In the poem “Meeting At Night” by Robert brown is a retelling of a person going back to his lover. In the poem there are many hidden meanings in behind its figurative language and how it relates to the global context, there can also be many relations to “sonnet 18” by William Shakespeare that has similar contexts. In the poem it talks about how a man goes out of his way to go to his lover, which is the theme of the poem “As I gain the cove with a pushing prow”(stanza1, L4). Here it shows that that the man is very eager to visit his lover after a long dangers journey at sea and that makes him a risk-taker, also the last moment’s of him reaching the beach felt like eternity for him. “And quench its speed I’ the slushy sand”(stanza1, L6). Brown is illustrating that the sandy beach stopped the boat gently by using the phrase “slushy sand”, also by arriving to the beach that means that man has reached his destination. “Then the two hearts beating each to each!”(Stanza2, L6). Brown made it very clear that the man went to his lover, because a well-known fact is that people who are in love each other can synchronize they’re heartbeat just by looking in to each other’s eyes. …show more content…

Shakespeare is comparing her beauty to be more beautiful then summer, which is a bit similar to, “ in fiery ringlets from their sleep”(stanza1, L4). Brown is comparing his love with the women as fire, because fire is strong, fierce and very hard to take out like their love. “Than the two hearts beating each to each!”(Stanza2, L6). Here the man is expressing his love towards the women through out the poem that is why it is linked to personal and cultural

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