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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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 14 December 2023

Exactly, Elena, you got the point! Best regrads from Sylvia Frances Chan

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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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Sylvia Frances Chan 22 July 2024

Congrats being chosen again as The Classic Poem of The Day by Poem Hunter and Team. Wonderful poem

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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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