Love, What Is Love Poem by Robert Louis Stevenson

Love, What Is Love

Rating: 3.9


LOVE - what is love? A great and aching heart;
Wrung hands; and silence; and a long despair.
Life - what is life? Upon a moorland bare
To see love coming and see love depart.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Michelle Claus 15 April 2014

When I read this poem, I feel despondent. Love, in this telling, is elusive for the poet. Bummer.

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Carlos Echeverria 15 April 2013

Love and life are one- fleeting, arduous.

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Meshack Bankole 15 April 2013

Good poetic definition of life & love. Nice art by louis

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mike oxlong 07 February 2022

it made me hard as a rock

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Elena Sandu 15 April 2014

Beautiful poem, good point of view, food for thought and wonders, I think love could be so much more than silence and despair. Suppose love never goes away from one's heart, then, what is life? Can love bring a lot of pain yes, but maybe through such pain we get to learn of the true beauty, true meaning of life, the freedom given by true love?

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Sylvia Frances Chan 05 February 2024

Profound poem contaning two most important subjects in our life, a thought-provoking poem full of melancholy.5 Stars full for the great poet and author.

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Savita Tyagi 04 February 2024

A poem reflects the mood. This one is of anger, frustration....A fleeting emotion..... expressed well...

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Sylvia Frances Chan 12 December 2023

a contemporary poem, very originally expressed, really fascinating to read it, and just think what it all means?

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Sylvia Frances Chan 12 December 2023

Thanks for sharing this fascinating poem 5*****. Most deserving!

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Sylvia Frances Chan 12 December 2023

Congrats on being chosen as the Classic Poem Of The Day by Poem Hunter and Team. Heart touching poem about love, melancholic undertones, each individu has his own interpretations about what Love is.

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Robert Louis Stevenson

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