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"On Love" by Kahlil Gibran

Throughout his poem "On Love", Kahlil Gibran juxtaposes aspects of the feeling to define it

 and give the reader insight on it. He personifies love as man - powerful, wonderful, yet

dangerous. Gibran speaks of the wonders of love, but concedes that it is just as harmful and

painful, "hard and steep" (Gibran, para 1). Love puts you through the toughest of ordeals,

but often for good reason, described as becoming the "sacred bread for God's sacred feast"

(Gibran, para 3). Gibran insists that love's dichotomy must be remembered, and is only truly

 stable and proper when balanced; it gives and takes from itself, and "love is sufficient unto

love", a natural form of a self-reliance (Gibran 5). The poet also argues that love is the one in

 charge, not us; it will direct your course, and while it has no superficial desire but to be

satisfied, it is not to be taken advantage of. Rather, each of its simplest mannerisms, the

good, the bad, and the ugly, should all be appreciated, and respected; to give thanks, give

praise, feel pain - these are what are to be desired of love.

Gibran, Kahlil. The Prophet. New York: Knopf, 1952. Print.