Love and hate in "Since there is no help, come, let's kiss and part." “There's a thin line between love and hate” describes the theme of Michael Drayton's sonnet “Since there's no help, come and kiss us apart.” Unlike most love sonnets, which speak of the many complexities of love, Drayton's poem is about the end of love and its possible recovery. This Shakespearean sonnet consisting of 14 lines can be divided into 3 parts. In each part, the poet uses a different voice. Use the first person in the first part, the third person in the second part and the second person in the last part. Each section of the poem has a different theme that contributes to the overall theme of the poem. The first section of the poem, lines 1 through 8, contains most of the theme of the poem. Drayton, without much introduction, leads his readers directly to the subject of the sonnet. He, addressing his X-lover directly, says: "Since there is no help, come and kiss us and separate us." From the first line, we know that the poet has doomed this relationship in the end. The phrase "there is no help" indicates a frustration between the two parties involved in this relationship. Instead of proving to his readers that this relationship is doomed to fail, Drayton takes this point as fact and builds on it in the second half of the line "come, let's kiss and part." The tone in this half is one of acceptance. Since the couple cannot do anything else to redeem their failed relationship, they willingly accept this fact and move on. The term “kiss and parting” gives the reader a terminal feeling to this relationship. It's as if two acquaintances separated at the airport without worrying about never seeing each other again. In contrast to the accepting and civil tone of the first line... middle of the paper... poem, I thought it was weak and meaningless. However, now, it's easy to see the wisdom behind Drayton's words. Since there is no help, come and kiss us and part us. No, I did, you won't get anything more from me; And I am happy, yes happy with all my heart, which I myself can so clearly set free. Shake hands forever, cancel all our vows, and when we meet again at any time, let it not be seen in any of our eyebrows That we retain a shred of the former love. Now at the last gasp of Love's last breath, when its heartbeat fails, Passion lies speechless; when Faith kneels by his deathbed, and Innocence closes her eyes - Now, if you would, when all have forsaken him, From death to life you may yet take him back! Work Cited Drayton, Michael Since there is no help, come, let us kiss and part. 1619