The Demon Lover is a love story about a young man who had a lover and after he had been away for seven years, comes back to see his lover but she had got married and having two kids.
The man recalled the memories of their love affair and their affection and pleaded her to come with him, leaving her husband and the two children.
I wad' never hae' trodden on Irish ground
If it had not been for love o' thee
The woman being anxious asked him what he would give her if she was to leave her husband and her two children. He promised to give her seven ships already at sea and the one that brought him to her, where he had twenty-four mariners and music. The turpitude of the man and the woman is clearly depicted in the scene in which she kissed her two children goodbye.
She has taken up her two little babes
Kissed them both cheek and chin
Fair ye weel my ain two babes,
For I'll never see you again.
After she had boarded the ship she noticed the absence of mariners, sails were made of taffeta and the masts were of gold. When the ship had sailed about three leagues the appearance of the man became so ugly and his eyes looked fierce.
The woman noticed that he was cloven-footed, which was the symbol of a demon, and she cried bitterly. The man promised to show her lilies growing on the banks of Italy. When she saw some hills with the sun's rays on them she wanted to know what they were. He told her that they were hills of heaven and that she would never go there. Then, she spotted some mountains covered with frost and snow. He assured her that they were the mountains of hell where both of them would go.
Then he struck the top mast with his hand and the foremast with his knee, Thus he broke the ship into two and sank it to the bottom of the sea.
"The Demon Lover" is a Ballad that tells the story of a woman who is haunted by the return of her former lover, who she believes has died in the war. The lover's ghost appears, and the woman is compelled to follow him to a watery grave. The ballad explores themes of lost love, betrayal, and the supernatural.
The theme of The Demon Lover is, no bad deed goes unpunished. Mrs. Drover was unfaithful to her lover and suffered consequence for her actions.
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The demon word for lover in the Demonica series by Larissa Ione is "agim."
"The Demon Lover" is a short story by Elizabeth Bowen about a woman named Mrs. Drover who returns to her abandoned home in London during World War II to collect belongings. However, she receives a letter from a deceased former lover known as the "demon lover" that causes her to become trapped in her past and face the consequences of her actions.
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My Demon Lover - 1987 is rated/received certificates of: Australia:M Finland:K-14 Iceland:12 Portugal:M/12 UK:15 USA:PG-13
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Eerie and dark. The story is very suspenseful.
Twenty-five years
The mood in "The Demon Lover" is tense and suspenseful as the protagonist receives a mysterious letter from her former lover, who was presumed dead during the war. The eerie atmosphere and sense of impending doom create a feeling of unease and uncertainty throughout the story.
The poem "The Demon Lover" by Elizabeth Bowen features various literary techniques such as symbolism, foreshadowing, and ambiguity. The demon lover himself symbolizes the protagonist's haunting past, while the frequent references to time and decay create a sense of foreboding. The ambiguity surrounding the lover's identity and the protagonist's fate adds to the overall mystery and suspense of the poem.
read the book over and over again and you will get it. Goodluck