ROMANTICISM: " LOOK, HOW FAIR YOU ARE" BY AINA MOBOLAJI

Look how fair you are, my love! 

Look, how fair you are! 

You have dove's eyes behind your veil. 

Your hair is like a flock of goats, 

Going down from crystal mountain. 

See, Your teeth are like a flock of shorn sheep

Which have come up from the washing, 

See, every one of which bears twins, 

And none is barren among them.

Your lips are like a strand of scarlet, 

And your mouth is lovely. 

Your temples behind your veil are like a piece of pomegranate.

AINA MOBOLAJI TEMITOPE

-Nigeria

The poet persona admires and praises a woman whom he loves and compares parts of her body to other beauties of life.