There are two main characters in this poem the “I” and the “my luve”. The poet expresses this theme of love through vivid metaphors, symbols and hyperbolic comparisons to portray the extent to which he loves his lover. The use of such words as “so deep in luve am I” and “my only love” illustrates this.

The use of artistic and literary devices by the poet expressly shows the quantum of love that the persona has towards the “my luve” in the poem. The persona by use of selected romantic words portrays the love he has towards the lover in a way that leaves the reader craving for more. The major theme discussed in this poem is love or romance. All through the entire poem, the persona praises his lover by use of a wide range of lovely words. The use of the words “my luve is like a red rose” illustrates this. The persona in this poem is a lover who is expressing his love to his lover. Another reason could be because the poem was meant to be a song. The beats in all the lines are not regular and this could be partly because of the many years ago that the poem was written. Each line is further broken down into iambs or beats. Each stanza comprises four lines/verses hence each of the stanzas is a quatrain. This essay will ventilate the poem with a view to analyzing its structure, theme, subject matter, characters, stylistic devices that the poet uses to convey his message and the traits of the characters that the poet uses in the poem.

In “red rose”, the reader is made to read about a romantic affair of two persons who are intimately in love. This poem is a love song composed by Robert burns, a Scottish poet whose poems mostly fall under the genre of love.

Robert burns red red rose