Maverick Kat Kuoy

Fitzgerald

English 11/12

24 September 2020

Final Essay

Imagine reading poetry in a dialogue that expresses descriptive language, which proposes

personification and imagery in order to make the poetry more understanding. In his prose poetry,

The Prophet by, Khalil Gibran, he demonstrates this type of writing style. Gibran expresses his

writing by using important titles, which later conveys the reader for a deeper thought. He uses

very descriptive writing to persuade the reader to think of life differently. In the poems: “On

Love” and “On Marriage” Gibran uses personification to express love and marriage as a person

to illustrate emotional connections with the speaker, Almitra, who tells the story by using

imagery with a very descriptive writing style.

In the poem, “On Love” Gibran uses personification to make the reader have a deeper

connection. During this poem the tone is more or less calm as he writes about a character,

Almitra and uses love to speak to her. Gibran expresses the word love as a person, “When love

beckons to you, follow him.” This represents how Gibran makes “love” into a character by using

the phrase “him”. Throughout the poem, Gibran resembles love into a person. Based on the title,

it relates to the poem because of how it is represented through love, and there is a constant

connection and reuse of the word. Love is characterized and is being listened to by Almitra to

emphasize deep connections in the form of a person. The poem portrays the meaning of love and
how it helps you. Gibran expresses his writing by using personification to illustrate beliefs into

people to give the reader a more understanding of the subject and theme of his poems.

When reading “On Marriage,” Gibran writes in a very descriptive writing style and

relates his writing to religion. Gibran writes with this style to portray the meaning of marriage.

Gibran uses words and ideas which relate to the title such as, “Love one another, but make not a

bond of love:... Fill each other’s cup but not drink not from one cup.” This highlights the purpose

of marriage and he is using descriptive language to emphasize giving oaths. The purpose of this

poem is to show the reader what marriage should be and it demonstrates faults as well. Gibran

relates this poetry with religion when he talked about how people should be together “in the

silent memory of God.” This illustrates how Gibran uses his descriptive writing to relate a

concept to religion. Throughout this poem Gibran uses this technique to make the reader

understand the purpose of marriage more clearly.

In both poems, “On Love” and “On Marriage” Gibran portrays both these poems by

using imagery to give the reader a better connection with the poem. Both poems are

demonstrated with two words, “love” and “marriage,” and Gibran uses imagery to help portray

the meaning of these words represented in his poems. Gibran compares words and uses examples

such as “his wings enfold you” to show imagery. This shows how he writes to make the reader

understand his poetry even more. Through the lense of imagery he compares and contrasts to

make it easier for the reader to understand. When writing, Gibran uses very descriptive language

in order to make his writing have imagery for the reader. Gibran portrays imagery by using

descriptive language to portray the reader to understand even more.

 Gibran uses personification to express love and marriage as a person to illustrate

emotional connections with the speaker, Almitra, who tells the story by using imagery with a

very descriptive writing style. Throughout the poem “On Love,” Gibran portrays the word “love”

as a person, which represents personification. He uses personification along with descriptive

writing to make the reader have a deeper thought of the world. Along with imagery, this makes

his poems so unique because he builds these words to make it easy for a person to imagine and

understand the reading more clearly.

Works Cited

“THE PROPHET.” The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran,

www.gutenberg.org/files/58585/58585-h/58585-h.htm.