The poem is short and simple. it has a regular rhyme scheme
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Structure
The poem is tightly structured to be persuasive
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structure
The narrator uses majority of each stanza to build up evidence to support his argument
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structure
He uses a short line at the end of each stanza to ask a rhetorical question- this line stands out from the rest of the stanza, which emphasises the contrast between nature and the narrator situation
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Language about nature
Narrator uses personification to show the natural world giving, receiving and benefiting from love- emphasises his point that love itself is natural
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religious language
language to do with God suggests that love isn't just natural, it's needs the help of God
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Repetition
it's used to shows how everything in nature repeatedly connects with everything else.
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repetition
repeating words such as "mingle", "kiss" and "clasp" emphasises the physical relationship he wants
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