Dead Love by Marie Van Vorst (1907)
“Dead Love” laments the extinction of love as the loss of life’s “vital spark,” leaving the soul dark, cold, rigid, and without hope. Though nature will continue through March’s wildness, April’s birds, and June’s crimson bloom, these renewals offer no consolation to the bereft speaker. With love gone, the future appears to extend endlessly in darkness.
By Marie Van Vorst · First published 1907 · Genre: Elegiac Poetry, Lyric Poetry, Love Poetry · 87 words
First lines
Dark the day when love is gone -- / When the vital spark / Dies, and leaves the soul of one / Dark.
April for the birds shall hark. / March's wildness sown, / June with crimson bloom shall mark. / What has hope to build upon / Cold and stiff and stark? / All the future stretches on / Dark.
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Marie Van Vorst
- Date: 1907 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Elegiac Poetry, Lyric Poetry, Love Poetry, Mourning Poetry, Symbolist Poetry
- Length: 87 words
- Structure: 1 section, 2 paragraphs
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Genres
- Elegiac Poetry — The poem mourns the death or disappearance of love, using images of darkness, coldness, and a soul left bereft.
- Lyric Poetry — It is a short, emotionally concentrated verse expressing an intimate speaker's grief and despair rather than narrating a developed plot.
- Love Poetry — Its central subject is love's loss, portraying the end of love as the extinguishing of life's vital spark and future hope.
- Mourning Poetry — The language treats departed love like a death, emphasizing emotional bereavement, lifelessness, and an enduring sense of darkness.
Tags
romance · drama · psychological fiction · social realism · American literature · early twentieth-century fiction · emotional conflict · relationships · marriage · betrayal · jealousy · secret past