Arabic Poetry

The poem "The Dove's Necklace" themes definitely relate to love. the poems were very descriptive and used a lot of  evidence to support the theme of love. When the poem opened it first started talking about how when you love someone you will believe them even when they are lying, you testify on his behalf for all that may be unjust, and supporting whatever arguement he may adopt. When I read this and I agreed to a certain extent  especially thinking of specific examples happen in real life, I think what the author is getting at is that love can make u do crazy things. this poem definitely has a theme of doing anything for the ones you love. I think the Poem also has a theme of love is blind. we love someone so much we are blind to the faults and mistakes of the one we love unconditionally. our culture makes people think that they are expected to do all of these things when they are in love. when people are married they are perceived doing all they can to protect and please there partner which may look bad for them. The poem has a long paragraph in it about how people change to become what there lover is looking for. Examples of this from the readings include, when the scowler relaxed her frown, the sloucher smartened up and the stinker transformed himself into a elegant dandy. These examples demonstrate how people change the way they act and who they are to become who their lover wants them to be. Love can make people do crazy things and change for the better or for the worse. I think the readings demonstrate how love makes people crazy and can bring out the best in someone.