Law Like Love

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"Law Like Love" is a poem by W. H. Auden that explores the elusive, subjective, and often contradictory nature of law through a series of vivid metaphors and voices.

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instanceOf poem ⓘ
author W. H. Auden ⓘ
compares law to love ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
explores contradictory nature of law ⓘ
elusive nature of law ⓘ
firstPublicationLanguage English ⓘ
form free verse ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryDevice irony ⓘ
metaphor ⓘ
multiple voices ⓘ
personification ⓘ
literaryMovement Modernism ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature ⓘ
meter irregular meter ⓘ
narrativePerspective multiple perspectives ⓘ
subject law ⓘ
love ⓘ
theme ambiguity ⓘ
authority ⓘ
interpretation ⓘ
justice ⓘ
nature of law ⓘ
social order ⓘ
subjectivity ⓘ
tone contemplative ⓘ
wry ⓘ
uses vivid imagery ⓘ

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