Frederic Nims describes the clumsiness of his love with material objects and contrasts this with her gracefulness with people to convey his love for her even with imperfections.
One of Nims central ideas for his poem focuses on the clumsiness of his lover. He uses imagery to help convey the poems meaning such as in the first three words of the poem starts with, ÒMy clumsiest dear, . . .Ó Right off the bat, it is noticeable that his lover is very important to him. The audience can tell this by noticing the first word of the poem, ÒMyÓ. The word ÒmyÓ represents ownership, it means that she is something he considers important enough to call it his. The second part of the first line is, Ò . . . whose hands shipwreck vases.Ó With the use of the word ÒshipwreckÓ, it gives the audience of how destructive the authorÕs love could be as her hands are described as a shipwreck. Even though the author is calling his lover clumsy and rather destructive, he actually exaggerates what......

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Title: Love Poem
Approximate Word Count: 578
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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