Love has always been the most favorite topic of poets over the ages. Hence, there is no dearth of romantic poems in the English literature. However, some of these poems define love and romance so vividly and beautifully that they have to become the most romantic poems of all times. Here are a few of them:
We are made one with what we touch and see: Oscar Wilde is more famously known for his plays and witty quotes. However, Wilde’s romantic side surfaced through one of his best love poems- We are made one with what we touch and see. According to Wilde, as long as two lovers can touch and see and still continue to breathe, they will always be connected.
And all the live World's throbbing heart shall be
One with our heart, the stealthy creeping years
Have lost their terrors now, we shall not die,
The Universe itself shall be our Immortality!
Another Valentine by Wendy Cope: This is the perfect poem for the Valentine’s Day. Wendy Cope has written this poem keeping in mind a couple that has stayed together over the years and is celebrating their love through words on the Valentine’s Day.
Our love is old and sure, not new and frantic
You know I’m yours and I know you are mine
And saying that has made me feel romantic,
My dearest love, my darling valentine.
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Love is by Adrian Henry: Adrian Henry was a contemporary British poet. He was the one who came up with the concept of poetry –rock group. Through his poem, “Love is”, Adrian has tried to explain what love is, broadly for every couple.
Love is you and love is me
Love is prison and love is free
Love’s what’s there when you are away from me
Love is …
Love Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare: William Shakespeare is more famously known for his Dramas. However, Shakespeare also wrote many poems in the form of sonnets. A sonnet is a fourteen line poem. In this sonnet, Shakespeare has challenged the most obvious way of expressing love- exaggerating feelings and drawing comparisons. The poet says that his woman is nothing like the sun and the stars, snow and roses etc. and yet he finds her as beautiful as any other woman.
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
my mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.
If you are someone who does not really know how to express feelings and emotions, these romantic poems written by some of the greatest poets of all times can become your biggest help.
