Category: Personification

‘Love loves not those’ is dedicated to unrequited love. Love is personified in this sonnet as a character who is indifferent to the wants and needs of those who love or depend on it. We all have the right not to love someone back. But being aware of that fact doesn’t make it easier for… Continue reading Personification 4: Love loves not those

‘Love stands with Death’ explores the similar ways in which we respond to love and death. They both make us cry, both cause us to think deeply about others that are close to us, both thrive on human interaction. We fear the end of one and the arrival of the other. Both have the power… Continue reading Personification 3: Love stands with Death

Love isn’t always what it seems. Sometimes we imagine it is reciprocated… when it isn’t. Even worse, we can be deceived. We can believe someone loves us when their true agenda exploitative. In this sonnet I personify false love as the conjurer – the character that intends to mislead. (Loki if you likie.) Sonnets thrive… Continue reading Personification 2: Love is a Fool

Love is often depicted as childish, angelic or gentle. And sometimes all three. So, for my first ‘personification’ sonnet, I imagined love as a gigantic creature – one capable of grabbing Cupid in its fist and squeezing the arrows out of him. To emphasise the separation of Love as a beast from Cupid, I refer… Continue reading Personification 1: Love is a Beast