A Gift From God

Love can't be described.

It has no shape, it has no form.
Love is not an object.
Love does not conform.

Love enters our lives

The moment we are born.
From the cradle to the grave,
Love's in everyone.

Love burns like a candle

That sometimes flickers but never dies.
Love may be invisible,
Although it's right before your eyes,

Love can leave you empty,

Love can make you whole.
Love can make or break you,
Love is in your soul.

Love is in your heart,

Love is in your mind.
Love doesn't discriminate,
Love is always blind.

Love is universal,
It encompasses the globe.
No matter where you are,
Love has a language all its own.

Love is all around you.

There's plenty of love to spare.
You cannot see or touch it,
But love is everywhere.

Love's the greatest power,

And yet it is so small.
Love's a gift from God
To be shared amongst us all.
 Analyzing Poetry
Khusnulatin ogi’ ferlidia / 17012091

1. What does the title mean?

2. What is the perspective of the speaker?
3. How does the poem make you feel?
4. Identify different poetic devices!
a. Simile
b. Metaphor
c. Personification
d. Tone
e. Imagery
f. Alliteration

Answer
1. Seeing from the title that is associated with its contents, here the author is very
grateful because God has presented love in his life, as the writer considers it a gift.
2. In the poem the writer describes the nature of love in some detail. However, it is very
contrary to his statement in the poem, the writer states that love cannot be described.
3. The poem the writer can invite readers to imagine imagining the existence of love
4. Simile:
a. In the poem there is a figure of speech used by the writer. What is proven in Love
can leave you empty
b. Love can make you whole
c. Love can make or break you
d. Love is in your soul

Metaphor:
"love has its own language"
"love is a gift from god"

Personification:
“Love is in your soul”

Tone:
The poem is a contemplative poem, so the poem is read in a low tone
Imagery:
“Love burns like a candle”
Alliteration
There is a repeat of the consonant sound k in the row “It has no shape, it has no
form”