“My vegetable love should grow
Vaster than empires, and more slow”
The author uses hyperbole in these lines to illustrate the enormous amount of love he holds for his “mistress”. He compares his love to a vegetable in hope for the love shared between the couple to prosper and last forever. He makes the connection of a vegetables blossom during its existence to the persistent love between the couple to “grow” and just flourish overtime. Clearly they cannot love each other “vaster” than empires, rather the author makes this statement to emphasize the love they hold for each other.
I agree with what Anurag says. "Vegetable love" is used to symbolize how a plant gets bigger and stronger as his love will. The of the empires serve well to explain the extent of and speed at which the plant will grow. Empire also indicates that it is in place for an indefinite amount of time much like his love for his mistress.
ReplyDeleteWonderful, nupes! You beautifully state that the author has "conditional love" for his mistress. He WOULD be willing to have a timeless, flourishing relationship with his mistress; however, he is very conscious of the boundaries of time, which causes him to express the need for him and his mistress to seize the day, before time runs out. I am proud of you :-)
ReplyDeleteI stated a claim along the same lines as Anurag's in my original post. Thus, I agree with what Anurag is saying. "My vegetable love should grow / Vaster than empires, and more slow" illustrates, by using a hyperbole, how the speaker wants his love to grow as a vegetable does, naturally and plentiful. The speaker also connotes that he wants his love to grow, but in a timely manner so he can spend as much time as possible with his mistress.
ReplyDeletegood exchange here.
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