MIMETIC CRITICISM OF A RED, RED ROSE BY ROBERT BURN
A Red, Red Rose
My love is like a red, red rose
That’s newly sprung in June.
My love is like the melodie,
That’s sweetly play’d in tune.
As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in love am I,
And I will love thee still, my Dear,
Till a’ the seas gang dry.
Till a’ the seas gang dry, my Dear
And the rocks melt wi’ the sun!
And I will love thee still, my Dear
While the sands of life shall run.
And fare thee well, my only Love,
And fare thee weel a while!
And I will come again, my Love,
Tho’ it were ten thousand mile!
THE ANALYZE OF POEM USING MIMETIC CRITICISM
My love is like a red, red rose
(It is Mimetic Criticism and have meaning Representation because in
this sentence consist of simile and metaphor, and his feeling love
compare the flower (A Red Rose). The writer describes women that his
love like a rose or compare the Red Rose- It is imitation meaning also
because the love is parable the Red Rose).
That’s newly sprung in June
(It is Representative meaning or kind of emotion because the writer
describe The Red Rose will grow from small thing until to be beautiful
thing but vulnerable and will perish eventually in June. And describe
his love that fresh and long lasting.
My love is like the melodie
(It’s Representation because the writer describes that love like melody
and it’s also smile meaning in the sentence he has compared his feeling
with the melody and it has imitation meaning because her love parable
with the melody).
That’s sweetly play’d in tune (It’s
Reflection meaning – his love can play sweet or can survive by its own
sweetness if cherished and looked after (in tune) and his love is
beautiful that look pretty like melody have just been playing.
As fair art thou, my bonnie lass
(It’s representative meaning – He give to describe that his love is
beautiful like face your bonnie lass ad use Hyperbola of Rhetorical
language give more statement.
So deep in love am I
(It’s Imitation meaning – his love parable like seas that very deep.
The writer change seas with his love and makes imitation or compare
between his love and seas
And I will love you still, my Dear,
Till all the seas go dry
(It’s Representation Meaning also, The writer make imagine that there
is something happen to the writer and suddenly he has realized an he
said that he will still be loving you until seas go dry and he also
afraid if his love is confronted with something that will lost by self.
Till a’ the seas gang dry, my Dear,
And the rocks melt wi’ the sun!
(It’s also represented meaning, The sentence describe about something
which one use simile and metaphor of Rhetorical Language. Though there
is something event the writer always love his bonnie lass. He promises
of love while seas gang dry and rocks melt will the sun.
And I will love thee stiil, my Dear
(It’s Representation meaning; it is same with sentence before, The
writer describe about his love like sand. The writer will be promise
with his honey.
While the sands o’ life shall run
(It’s Imitation meaning; the writer describe that his life like while
sand will run and this is also simile rhetorical language.
And fare you well, my only Love,
And fare you well a while!
And I will come again, my Love,
Although it were ten thousand mile!
(this
verse have reflection Meaning which the writer has imagined, although
he must leave for a while, he will return for her even if he must travel
ten thousand miles and in this verse include Repetition occurs in the
first and second line and make hyperbola meaning.
