'With reference to three or more pre 1900 love poems consider the relationship of power to love'.
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- 1867
- Submitted:
- Mon Apr 05 2004

... 'With reference to three or more pre 1900 love poems consider the relationship of power to love' The relationship between Love and Possession or power is a thin line and these poems it explores both sides of these poems and how they compare to each other and which is the stronger influence on the overall relationship of the two. A male influence often carries out power in romantic relationships during the Victorian era. And this is often the cause of possessiveness and violence that is seen in many Victorian poems to show how a man's 'love' for a woman can be destructive and can lead to an imbalance of power in a romantic relationship. However woman also carry the power of being the power of being doting and grateful to their husbands and making sure that their love is felt the most in the house. 'Porphyria's lover' is a poem about













