Robert Bridges and Ann Stevenson paint very different pictures of Eros in their

respective poems. Bridges describes an Eros who is marble and mysterious while Stevenson
paints Eros as a battered slave.
Bridges and Stevenson use contrasting diction and syntax to communicate their
individual concepts of Eros. Bridges calls Eros and idol and a king as well as a tyrant
while Stevenson calls him a thug and a slave. These word pull the authors ideas into
contrast. Bridges also chooses to write long lines with punctuation at the end while Stevenson
writes much shorter lines that contain dialogue. These two different methods of delivery also
contrast the two authors ideas. Bridges nobel word choice and long flourished lines help to
communicate his idea of the great mysterious Eros while Stevensons simpler word choice and
syntax help her communicate the concept of Eros as an archetype.
Bridges and Stevenson also paint Eros differently using imagery. Bridges describes Erons
as being Like to his gods in thy proud dress,. Bridges describes Eros mysterious smile That
shadows neither love nor guild to help communicate his concept of a wise secretive Eros.
Stevenson on the other hand describes him as a thug with broken nose / and squinty eyes. She
uses imagery to describe a beaten Eros who is a slave to your actions.
These two conflicting concepts of Eros are communicated by using figurative language
differently.
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