Sacrifices of Love

Sacrifices of Love

The poem “Song”, by C. Day Lewis, is written to express how the author feels about a girl. He loves her so much he wants her to be with him through hard times and forever. This poem is related to the song “Don’t Take The Girl” written by Craig Martin and Larry W. Johnson and sung by Tim McGraw, from a future point of view. The author goes through a few of their troubles but explains she still stayed with him. The poem and song are written to describe a love that overcomes all obstacles for the sake of love itself.

When the word “love” is spoken, happiness is usually directly associated. Not to say that love does not bring happiness, but there is a lot of heartache and pain under its surface. Lewis, in his poem, tries to ease across the point about the truth of that and simply life.

I’ll handle dainties on the docks

And thou shalt read of summer frocks

At evening by the sour canals

We’ll hope to hear some madrigals

This stanza expresses that there will be good times and pleasing things but they are not promised. They can hope to have beautiful things around but they may not always.

Hunger shall make thy modest zone

And cheat fond death of all but bone

If these delights thy mind may move

Then live with me and be my love

This stanza represents how bad things can get just as easy as they can get good. The author knows this and still wants to be with her even though they may have nothing else.

In the song, “Don’t Take The Girl”, it directly relates to having love even if they have nothing else. Through each trial the lovers go through he would give everything else up just so he could be with the girl.

And Johnny said, take Jimmy Johnson,

take Tommy Thompson, take my best friend Bo

Take anybody that you want as long as she don’t go

Take any boy in the world

Daddy please don’t take the girl.

This stanza leads the song off with a strong point, which is for someone to risk giving up anything else he has for one thing, love. There are several