Which Romantic Love Poem Can Express My Feelings?

You may love your partner deeply but not be able to express it. Many things can show your partner you love them—one is sharing love poems that express exactly how you feel. Sharing poems can effectively communicate your feelings when you have trouble expressing your emotions verbally.

What are expressions of romantic love?

There are many ways to express romantic love. You can take a walk holding hands, have a candlelit dinner, give flowers, or write a love letter. Sharing romantic poems is another way to show your love.

Why share love poetry?

What are love poems that express admiration?

When you respect and admire someone, sometimes a good way to express this is through poetry.

Love poems by William Shakespeare

The lines from Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 can tell someone how beautiful you think they are: 

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

Thou art more lovely and more temperate.

Lord Byron’s love poetry

A poem by Lord Byron pays tribute to a woman’s beauty. Here is one stanza of his poem:

She walks in beauty, like the night

Of cloudless climes and starry skies;

And all that’s best of dark and bright

Meet in her aspect and her eyes;

Thus mellowed to that tender light

Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

What are love poems that express longing?

A poem can also be a good way to tell someone that you like or desire them.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Shelley’s poem, “Love’s Philosophy,” expresses the speaker’s longing for their object of desire and suggests that they should have a love affair:

The winds of heaven mix forever

With a sweet emotion;

Nothing in the world is single;

All things by a law divine

In one spirit meet and mingle.

Why not I with thine?

What are love poems that express depth of commitment?

A love poem can also express the depth of your commitment to a partner.

A love poem by Elizabeth Barret Browning 

In love poetry, one poem that can express your commitment is by Elizabeth Barret Browning. Here is an excerpt of her poem:

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height

My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight

For the ends of being and ideal grace.

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116 is another poem that can express commitment, depth of feeling, and the enduring power of love:

Let me not to the marriage of true minds

Admit impediments; love is not love

Which alters when it alteration finds,

Or bends with the remover to remove.

O no, it is an ever-fixèd mark

That looks on tempests and is never shaken

e. e. cummings on romantic love

A poem by e. e. cummings also speaks to depth of commitment:

i carry your heart with me (i carry it in

my heart) i am never without it (anywhere

i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done

by only me is your doing, my darling)

Human beings often express all this emotion through poetry and the arts. There are other poems—and songs and short stories—that can express your commitment to someone. 

Which love poem is best to share?

There is no one love poem that is best to share. Consider reading over a number of love poems and see which one speaks to you.

Looking for poetic ways to express your love?

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If you’ve experienced communication and intimacy difficulties, therapy can be an important part of healing, both for a couple and individuals.  

Takeaway

It can be difficult to verbally express your affection, admiration, and depth of feeling for someone you love. Sharing a poem with your loved one can effectively communicate your feelings. However, if you find that you continually have difficulty with intimacy or expressing your emotions, therapy can be helpful.