Reflection of Shelley and Byron

The two poems by Byron that we read were both wonderful love poems. One is about his loss of a loved one and the other one intricately describes his lover, comparing her to a perfectly clear and starry night. She is mysterious, unique, angelic, and graceful. Part of her is hidden because you can only see half of her face, her profile. This mysterious and half hidden woman is unique because you can only see her complete self if you go looking for it. The poem is written as if her true colors are only expressed and shown at night, but still even in the middle paragraph it describes her only being partially seen, hidden by her luscious, long, shiny and wavy, black, hair. She is unique in the fact that you do not truly know her. Her mysteriousness makes you want to find out more about her. It's like someone getting in a trance, it being completely dark and all you see is one light and you follow it around, as you walk deeper and deeper into the woods to figure her out. (Examples: a cat chasing a red light; Finding Nemo -- Dory chases an angel fish.) At least, that's what the poem makes me feel. I wonder about her characteristics and how such  a beautiful sounding woman can be so mysterious at the same time and we have no idea what she is like. His poem about his loss of a loved one is sad and depressing. It makes you feel sorrow for him. The way he writes his poems and describes his feelings just make you feel as if you are in his shoes, feeling the same thing he is feeling. Great poets can have that impact. On the other hand, Shelly's poem, called "The Waning Moon" is short, but very descriptive. It is a simile between a dying woman and a waning moon, or a moon that is getting smaller. A dying woman would be diminishing, her bones becoming frail and weak, and a waning moon becomes smaller and smaller, just as a dying woman would. The first four lines are describing the dying woman and then the last two explain how he compares her to a waning moon. I found it interesting how these lines came at the end instead of being the beginning two lines of a simile, introducing the comparison first. This poem was very vivid in detail and is a great comparison of two things you would never think to compare until you read about it in a poem and think to yourself, wow, what great poetry. I really enjoyed reading these poems, especially the romantic poetry by Byron, although I am not a great producer of poems, I do very much enjoy reading the romantics.