4. What is the speaker not jealous of?



35433005715001. How does the speaker love the object of the poem? 2. Underline one simile or metaphor that supports your answer to question 1.3. What does the poem say about love and identity?01. How does the speaker love the object of the poem? 2. Underline one simile or metaphor that supports your answer to question 1.3. What does the poem say about love and identity?Sonnet XVIII do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,in secret, between the shadow and the soul.I love you as the plant that never bloomsbut carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;so I love you because I know no other waythan this: where I does not exist, nor you,so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.?32004001778004. What is the speaker not jealous of?5. What does the last stanza of the poem suggest about the nature of love?04. What is the speaker not jealous of?5. What does the last stanza of the poem suggest about the nature of love?AlwaysI am not jealousof what came before me.?Come with a manon your shoulders,come with a hundred men in your hair,come with a thousand men between your feet,come like a riverfull of drowned menwhich flows down to the wild sea,to the eternal surf, to Time!?Bring them allto where I am waiting for you;we shall always be alone,we shall always be you and Ialone on earth,to start our life!?2628900-571506. Describe the nature of love in “Absence.” What is the imagery surrounding love like? What does that say about love?006. Describe the nature of love in “Absence.” What is the imagery surrounding love like? What does that say about love?AbsenceI have scarcely left you?When you go in me, crystalline,Or trembling,Or uneasy, wounded by meOr overwhelmed with love, aswhen your eyes?Close upon the gift of lifeThat without cease I give you.My love,?We have found each otherThirsty and we have?Drunk up all the water and theBlood,?We found each otherHungry?And we bit each otherAs fire bites,Leaving wounds in us.?But wait for me,?Keep for me your sweetness.I will give you too?A rose.? ................
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