Only One.
by Andrei

There's only one I care for,
That only one is you,
I'd give my body, heart, and soul,
For a life with you.

I know that you've been hurt before,
And that you're locked up tight,
But open up your soul to me,
And I will make it right.

There's nothing that I wouldn't do,
To live my life right next to you,
If only I would have the chance,
To snap out of my enlonged trance.

These words are hard to say,
For one that is not true,
But I for one don't like to lie,
I swear that I love you,

I swear that I will stick by you,
Through good, or bad, or worse,
And that from this point on,
I'll go without remorse.

My heart holds what my hand cannot,
My love for you is like a knot,
It twists and turns so many ways,
As it will till' end of days


Q1. How are the figurative language used in the poem? Give the specific word(s), explain what type of figurative language it is and why the poet chose to use this figurative language?

A1.

a)

The figurative language used has similes, metaphors and hyperboles. The poet used these types of figurative language to express his/her love for the someone the poem is intended to reach out to, by using words that could express his love in a stronger manner.

b)

(i)
Another reason is because we cannot visualize Love. We can only visualize the physical objects that are mentioned in the poem. "I'd give my body, heart, and soul" this might be a hyperbole or a metaphor, I say might because I can relate to the poet, and I can vouch that we would do so. Anyway, his/her "body, heart, and soul" should be referring to his/her "everything". Then "I'd give my body, heart, and soul" would mean, he/she would go to any extent, to give up anything, just to be with his/her Only One.

(ii)
"My love for you is like a knot,
It twists and turns so many ways"

This portion of the poem is a simile. It, like a metaphor, is expressing "love" as "a knot". "a knot" has nothing at all to do with "love", but the poet is using "a knot" to express the poet's love, confusion, indecision, (perhaps, lust) and all sorts of feelings that come in a package when you fall in love. And all these feelings come together in one entangled knot. The "knot" is used to express the massive array and criss-crossing/entanglement of feelings the poet is feeling.

Q2. Tell us why you like this poem in no less than 100 words.

A2.
I think this poem is absolutely brilliant. The poet expresses his/her love for his/her Only One by using possible exaggerations that makes the poem instill deeper emotions in it's readers. "a knot" was appropriately and effectively used to express the many, strong and intertwining emotions that are felt when in love.
A lot of people are in love. Many are in really deep love, but they don't know how to express it. I can safely say that a lot of people can relate to, and use, this poem to express their love for somebody.