In all of the poems, love and hate is shown in different ways.

In the ‘Soliloquy Of The Spanish Cloister’, the speaker says ‘Gr-r-r’ on the first line. This suggests that the speaker may be annoyed with someone or something. In the same stanza there are morbid thoughts as the speaker mentions killing someone. They also say ‘He’ll dry you up with its flames’. From this, I can infer that the speaker is somewhat condemning the person they are speaking to to Hell. Love is shown in the poem as the second stanza begins with ‘At the meal we sit together’. This quotation suggests that there is family or some sort of mutual love as there is a meal where everyone is seated.

In the poem ‘A Woman’s Last Word’, love is shown in the first stanza as the speaker says ‘Let’s contend no more. Love’. This suggests a theme of love as the speaker is saying not to fight anymore but to embrace the emotions.