Compare and Contrast Eros poems

Throughout these two poems "Eros" is revealed to the reader in two very different perspectives. The first poem by Robert Bridges portrays to the reader that Eros is a true god and that when it comes to love man is the one who suffers. In the second poem by Anne Stevenson, Eros is shown as a beat on and a miserable person who suffers from love. The concept of the first poem is evident in …showed first 75 words of 614 total…

…showed last 75 words of 614 total…battered looks are a result of human's love: "Gloss your fate." This tells the reader that the madam's fate is a "gloss" or mirror image of Eros's thrashed about physical features. In conclusion, it is evident to us that these two poems are radically different in the way they represent Eros. One represents him as a god, and an object of worship, yet the other represents him as a beat up slave of humanity's love.