‘In Paris With You’ by James Fenton and ‘Hour’ by Carol An Duffy Essay

James Fenton born 25th of April 1949 is a modern English poet, journalist a literary critic and was also a former Oxford professor of poe effort. He wrote several books roughly poetry mostly about relationship and war like the entreaty of poetrys The Memory of War. He received multiple of awards for his poetry, the latest was in 2007 when he was rewarded a Queens G previous(a) Medal for Poetry. sing Ann Duffy born 23 December 1955 is also a modern Scottish poet and playwright. Her poetry style speaks about everyday life experiences through stages of her life about love, memory and languages. She wrote poetry collection, children books and plays. both poets show heavy feelings about love in their respectful numberss merely each poem contains different contents solely apply to the same theme love.In genus Paris With You makes the indorser count on that the poem is romanticist but it actually an anti-clich poem that focuses mostly on the poets bitterness towards love be endeavou r he speaks about his experience with his rejected love and his rebound relationship, the poem rejects conventional ideas about love. He might view been in love before and she left him, that is seen when he says Yes Im angry at the itinerary Im been bamboozled. and that is why hes wound and in need of go outting about his former lover but isnt quite there yet when he starts the poem in a negative way Dont tattle to me of love. Ive had an earful This suggests that the narrator finds the subject of love difficult to discuss because of his sh ar of love and heartbreak.Throughout the poem Dont is repeated and that indicates repetition in the start-off and last cardinal stanza, it also shows how controlling Fenton was with his former lover when hes evermore saying Dont as she left him. This gives the reader an impression of the poet is possessive and heartbroken because of the ending of his former relationship. The sentence Dont talk to me of love and that proves that the man is determined on keeping the subject of love out of a conversation and detest it being brought up by cause of his heartbreak from his past relationship as if trying to protect himself from further pain. I find the way the poet started the poem in a negative way unfeignedly intense because the poet jumps into the subject without pleasantries towards love and doesnt hide his distaste towards it and shows his deepbitterness against love.Fenton also talks about how hes victimized and has a feeling of self-pity by love throughout the poem when he pull backs the state he has been when his relationship ended with his ex lover, how he spent it agony and drowning his misery with alcohol to help him forget. In the first stanza, he says Im one of your talking wound. That has a strong visualisery of war because wounded suggests that someone is injured in battle and in this case, injured because of love. The poet also mentions that Im a hostage.Im maroonded and that show us his emphasise on him being abandoned and deserted as he describes it as hes trapped and stranded. He uses metaphors when he says that hes really trapped as a hostage and left alone in an inescapable place. He shows rebellion when he says maroonded instead marooned which is the right term. It gives the reader and idea of how painful love is to the poet and lowers the readers expectations of romance and love. Fenton uses a comical rhyme in wounded and maroonded to add a humor into the poem to lighten up the mood of the poem despite the bitterness. I think that the way the poet describes himself is in a devastating state after being deceived by love.The poems title In Paris With You suggests a romantic theme but its ironic that Paris is the city of love but Fenton is only in Paris because hes on the rebound but only because Paris reminds him of his former relationship. He uses repetition of Im in Paris with You throughout the poem reflects the talkers insistent concentration on the present. Fenton then goes off listing to show his disdain towards Paris landmark and how he doesnt want to visit Paris romantic landmarks If we skip the Champs Elysees beggarlying he would rather remain here in this sleazy, old hotel room meaning that the poet rejects the traditional and usual romantic gestures and places in Paris and that they are unimportant and that shows us that he doesnt care about the scene around him as long being together with his lover, but stay in Paris is only about being on the rebound to forget his former love, and that hed rather stay in a cheap hotel room instead of going out to romantic Paris features.It creates an pic in the readers mind of the whole tone of this poem where it goes from bitter, sad andmournful and tells us that the poet doesnt actually care about the woman or lover he had in company. Theres enjambment between stanzas three and four in in this sleazyOld hotel room. That is used because the poet wants the poem read in a faster pace instead of a slow one without pauses in between stanzas so it shows the poets thoughts. I think the way the poet emphasize his bitterness towards love resulted to him turning towards alcohol and lust, his behavior is relatable in many ways because after a heartbreak, people tend to try to forget their feelings and their aching heart.Hour talks about how time is an enemy of love and how it destroys love with how quick it goes, that time is an rampart for love and Duffy starts the poem with delight ins time beggar, which is personification and it suggests that love is myrmecophilous and is a slave for time, that it doesnt last forever and that is a negative sign. This has a huge have-to doe with on the reader because when being in love, there is never enough time to omit together with your lover and it goes quickly. The personification show us the image of love being a beggar and time being someone who would pass by and offer, that is when Duffy used but even a single arcminute, glimmery as a dr opped coin, makes love rich.And that means that time, which is the passer, offers love only an hour to be spent on and narrator values that and it also shows strong mental imagery of wealth to present that the love is far more precious than all the wealth in the world. This also suggests to the reader that the time spent between the speaker and her love is valuable for the both of them. Like I said above, love being put as a beggar has a negative tone and that only highlights the fact that time is a problem for love. The poem is a extended metaphor that time wastes love and that is seen when the narrator says For thousands of seconds we kiss and that could only mean that the narrator in the poem has been counting the time because she still couldnt get enough of her lover.Throughout the poem, the poet uses various of imagery of wealth that identifies that the narrator finds the hour spent with her love one precious to her, Duffy uses the sentence love spins gold, gold, gold from str aw, which links to the story of Rumplestilskin where it also talks about how straw turns to gold, it also introduces the telephone line to show that opposite functions mentioned in the poem like jewel and cuckoo spit and in the sentence, the poet says that love is spinning from straw which is negative and an ordinary thing to gold showing that love is cherished and valued.If the reader has experienced love in their life, they will find themselves relating to certain parts of the poem and find that thirst love does indeed leave you finding the small amount of time precious. Duffy uses colour like gold and wealth imagery when she mentions coin rich assess and etcetera to emphasize that love is more valuable than all the wealth and treasures of the world. I could agree that being in love with someone could leave you dependent on that person and set them as your reason of happiness and that is a beautiful thing, however, people shouldnt rely on love too oft because it will leave t hem in pain when the other person break their heart or falls out of love.Duffy uses romantic imagery in the first stanza, line 3 and 4 where she shows how unromantic scenery is more than enough for her that her and her lover would rather be out in nature. She says Spend it not on flowers or wine, but the whole of the summer sky and a grass ditch. And that the place to her isnt important as long as her lover and she are together, she prefers the outdoors because of the natural setting that surrounds them because of its simplicity. It also pompousnesss sign of sibilance and the effectiveness of the narrators feeling and her lover would rather enjoy the nature and the natural stemma instead of going on typical and traditional dates (courting) and that shows non-conventional ideas of love.The reader would find the idea of being out in nature a bit unnamed for dates but some may relate. Duffy suggests that the summer sky and a grass ditch which is far away from being a traditional pla ce to spend with your love one but the narrator finds it an exceeding choice to enjoy the summer sky and not be distracted with people in public, romantic places because the narrator only has an hour to spend it with her love. I find the setting of the poem odd to be a place spent by two people but it only defines who her lover and her are as a couple in this society and how different they are from the rest of normal couples and that is special.Both poems have similarity because they both show vivid feeling conveyed bythe poet. Whilst In Paris with You is bitter towards love, Hour is more about how time is an obstacle for love and spending an hour with your loved one is precious. The structure in both poems is also different. The similarities between both poems use metaphoric language to describe emotional feelings and also write in first person. I like the In Paris With You poem because it had a deeper meaning into the words and people would have to read between the lines to finall y get it with poetry. Hour is a beautiful poem but I didnt find myself pulled deeper into the words but Duffy does display both light and darkness and that is something interesting.