In ‘Sick Equation’ the poet explores his experience love. Compare this poem to one other you consider shares the same theme.

... In 'Sick Equation' the poet explores his experience love. Compare this poem to one other you consider shares the same theme. 'Sick Equation' by Brian Patten and 'Mirror' by Sylvia Plath both explore the poet's experience of love. 'Sick Equation' is about a man whose parents seemed to be divorced or did not love each other. In this poem he rejects the concept of love and implies that it is better it be free, without the burden of love. 'Mirror' is about how a woman is looking for her identity after betrayal from her lover. In this poem she uses extended metaphors to portray herself as an image or reflection. Throughout the poem she ponders about how she has wasted her life; "In me has drowned a young girl". Brian Patten strongly dislikes the concept of love and so he insults it, "I crushed all its messengers". In that line he is referring

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