Writen Assignment
List the various contextual connotations for expressions and terms such as the faults of man in this poem by Thomas Campion. Show also how denotation and connotation intermingle in poetry.
Never Love Unless You Can
Never love unless you can
Bear with all the faults of man;
Men sometimes will jealous be,
Though but little cause they see,
And hang the head, as discontent
And speak what straight they will repent.
Men that but one saint adore
Make a show of love to more;
Beauty must be scorned in none,
Though but truly served in one;
For what is courtship but disguise?
True hearts may have dissembling eyes.
Men when their affairs require
Must a while themselves retire,
Sometimes hunt, and sometimes hawk,
And not never sit and talk.
If these and such like you can bear,
Then like, and love, and never fear.
Sumber : Language, Mearning, and Diction ----Alexander Scharbach