POEM ANALYSIS

So, we’ll go no more a roving

So, we’ll go no more a roving

So late into the night

Though the heart be still as loving

And the moon be still as bright

For the sword outwears its sheath

And the soul wears out the breats

And the heart must pause to breathe

And love itself have rest

Though the night was made for loving

And the day returns too soon

Yet we’ll go no more a roving

By the light of the moon

-George Gordon, Lord Byron-

I.          PARAPHRASE

This poem tells about  never  ending love. The poet writes the love is strong and will never end. His heart is full of love and always will be. His love is everlasting until the dying day but life goes on. His love is always there and he always thinks about the one he loved. He will go to the grave with the love. The day is long and he cannot wait to be with the one he loves because the love is broken . The days will be long and the nights long too. And the love is constantly there.

II.       RYTHEM

 

So, we’ll   go no  more roving

Iambic trimester

 In this poem one foot has unstressed, stressed it calls iambic and in a line has three feet it calls trimester.  So, this poem has iambic trimester rhythm 

III.    RHYME

So, we’ll go no more a roving                               a

So late into the night                                            b

Though the heart be still as loving                        a

And the moon be still as bright                            b

The Rhyme of this Poem is End Rhyme because the first line is ended by -oving, the second line is ended by ight, the third line is ended by -oving, and the fourth line is ended by -ight. So, the rhyme is a, b, a, b.

IV.    FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

1. Personification

“And the heart must pause to breathe”

Meaning:

Ø  Denotative: the heart pause to blow up and suck in the air

Ø  Connotative: poet’s way of acting due to the influence of his soul has taken its toll on his outer appearance, and therefore he recognizes the need to take a break from his usual life.

2. Hiperbole

“Though the night was made for loving”

Meaning:

Ø  Denotative: the night was created for loving only

Ø  Connotative: the night was used for thinking about love only

“And the day returns too soon”

Meaning:

Ø  Denotative: the day comes  too quickly/ the time is very speed

Ø  Connotative: when the poet think about love. He feels the day like very short or  the day change in every minute.

We can see poet’s desire to keep loving and living all through the night because he tells us that is what the night was made for and that the sun “returns too soon”

V.                SYMBOLS

	Sword and sheath				Moon		Sunrise

 

VI.             SUBJECT MATTER

The subject matter of this poem is Broken Heart. We can see the words which used in each line is showing the sadness of poet because of Love.

VII.   THEME

The theme of this poem is “Love is a powerful and irresistible force yet something that is not eternal”.

VIII.       REASON

In this Poem, we catch a glimpse into the life of a very tired young man. The poet’s late, sleepless nights of loving have left him completely devoid of all energy. He is so “harrowed and hurried” that even his heart must pause to catch its breath! In theory, though it could be argued otherwise, when a heart pauses.. We deem that a bad thing. One can see Byron’s desire to keep loving and living all through the night because he tells us that is what the night was made for and that the sun “returns too soon”. Byron’s eccentric and licentious living is interrupted by the daylight. He does not welcome the morning sun, but mourns at its rising. “Yet,” he says “we’ll go no more a roving by the light of the moon” \ He comes to the realization that he can no longer keep living in such a way, though that is his desire.

The moral Value :

Byron’s reminds us about neverending love of a very tired young man. When he loved somebody, his loved is really sincere and honest. Although his relationship with his girl had break, he still loved her very much until it kills him. From here, we’re able to  know that love is a powerful and irresistible force yet something that is not eternal.