meaning of the poem "the rural maid" by fernando maramang?

Question

interpretation of the poem rural maid by fernando maramang

Answer 1

Take note of the proper spelling of the poet's name.
It is a sweet sonnet about love. The speaker recalls nostalgically an earlier meeting.
Try to change the old English (thy=your) and then read it again:

The Rural Maid
By Fernando M. Maramag

1.
Thy glance, sweet maid, when first we met,
Had left a heart that aches for thee,
I feel the pain of fond regret—
Thy heart, perchance, is not for me.

2.
We parted: though we met no more,
My dreams are dreams of thee, fair maid;
I think of thee, my thoughts implore
The hours my lips on thine are laid.

3.
Forgive these words that love impart,
And pleading, bare the poet’s breast;
And if a rose with thorns thou art,
Yet on my breast that rose may rest.

4.
I know not what to name thy charms,
Thou art half human, half divine;
And if I could hold thee in my arms,
I know both heaven and earth were mine.
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The Rural Maid is a lyric poem following the structure of a sonnet. A sonnet is a fixed verse form usually of 14 lines, but occasionally 12 or 16, with a sophisticated rhyme scheme. It is a Shakespearean sonnet, in particular, with the rhyme scheme being abab, cdcd, efef, ghgh. The poem also has a full or perfect rhyme, and specifically, a masculine rhyme (one, final stressed syllable rhyme). Furthermore, its meter is an iambic tetrameter (8 syllables per line, 4 measures per line with 2 syllables per measure). Old English words, such as: thy, thee, perchance, thine, thou art stand out throughout the lines and stanzas. The poem is actually quite reminiscent of Shakespeare’s contemporary – Christopher Marlowe’s poem “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love”, which was written in the 1590s and which is about a shepherd persuading a nymph to be his companion. It is interesting to note, too, that in terms of structure, Fernando M. Maramag’s poem is formal, (considering relations between parts: past, present and future) and thematic (it has a plot or story).



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Answer 2

Yep funny