Ngaba uyathanda ukufunda nokuva kakuhle. ulwimi lwembongo? Okanye u khangela kwiingoma zothando ezidumileyo okanye iileta ezingakhuthaza ukubhala kwakho? Iincwadi ezithandana kakhulu zemilo kunye nokuthanda iileta kule ngqokelela, kubalobi bobabini kunye nabaphathi bexesha elidlulileyo, banganika amagama owafunayo.
01 ngo-12
Ekuqaleni, le ncwadi yayingumntu oqheliselayo, i-movie ethi "Ubundlobongela kwiSixeko" ebizwa ngokuba yiBig Big wayesebenzisa uCarrie Bradshaw emva kokumisa esibingelelweni. Yonke imihla emva koko, wakopisha enye yeencwadi zothando ukusuka kule "ncwadi" kwaye wayithumela kuye i-imeyili. Ababukeli bathatyathwa ngolu hlobo lothando lokuba baye kwiincwadi zokugcina kwaye bacela - kwaye bafumanisa ukuba akukho. Kungekudala kwenzeni, ekhwele kwi-movie eyaziwayo. Umhleli uphando kwaye waqokelela ezinye zeencwadi zothando zothando emhlabeni, kwaye le ncwadi yenziwa emva koko. Iqulethe imilayezo evela ezintliziyweni zeBeethoven, iMootart, iChurchill, i-Napoleon kunye namanye amadoda amakhulu ayenyathelwa kubasetyhini abathandayo.
02 we-12
Mhlawumbi umbhali ocacileyo kunye onengqiqo wexesha lesiNgesi lamaRoma, amaSolomon Taylor Coleridge awaziwayo kakhulu avela kwi-opium-ephefumlelwe "Kubla Khan" ("KuXanadu wenza uKubla Khan umyalelo wokuzonwabisa" "I-Rime ye-Mariner's Ancient" kunye ne-ballad ephakathi "Christabel." Iimxholo eziphindaphindiweyo ziquka ukukhunjulwa kunye nokuzimela, ulutsha kunye nobudala, ukufa nokulahlekelwa uthando.
03 we-12
Umlobi we "To His Coy Mistress," uMarvell wabhala enye yeenkondlo ezinokukhawuleza zakhawuleza zibhalwe. Imizila yokuvula: "Ukuba sasinayo ihlabathi elaneleyo kunye nexesha, le ntloni, Lady, kwakungekho mthetho." Funda wonke lo msebenzi ongapheliyo wobugcisa kunye nezinye izinkondlo zikaMarvell kule qoqo epheleleyo.
04 we-12
UJohn Keats wayehlala kuphela ukusuka ngo-1795 ukuya ku-1821, kodwa ngeli xesha elifutshane waphumelela ukubhala inani elibalaseleyo leengoma zothando. Lo mqulu uqulethe zonke izibongo ezipapashwe ngexesha lokuphila kwakhe, kubandakanya yonke i-Endymion, i-Odes, i- "Lamia" kunye neenguqulelo ezimbini ze "Hyperion." Ukongezelela, le ncwadi ibonisa iprose yeKeats kunye nokukhethwa kweencwadi zakhe.
05 we-12
Ukunyuka. Nqwenela. Eroticism. Isihloko sithi konke. Kwaye konke okufuneka uyenze ukuqala umlilo kuwubeka phantsi komsila wakho. Iqulethe izibongo ezingaphezu kwe-130 ezibhalwa nguFrances Scott Key, uPoe, Whitman, uEmily Dickinson, uGertrude Stein, uWilliam Carlos Williams, uEe Cummings, uTennessee Williams, uSylvia Plath nabanye,
06 we-12
Omkhulu uWilliam Shakespeare uhlola zonke iintlobo zothando kulo qoqo lweengqungquthela, ukusuka eluthandweni olungavumelekanga ukulahlekelwa uthando kuze kubekho uthando olungunaphakade.07 we-12
Ubunzima beGeorge Gordon, iNkosi Byron (1788-1824) ivela kuyo yonke imbongo yothando kulo qoqo. Ubuntu kunye nokuvuselela, ezinye zeengoma ezingama-43 zihamba kunye ne-grazing ebonisa ummkeli.08 ka 12
Olunye uqoqo oludumile, oluqulethe "Ingoma yeengoma" ezivela eBhayibhileni kunye nemibongo eyathandwa kakhulu nguEdgar Allen Poe, uAphra Behn, uPercy Bysshe Shelley, uJohn Donne, Andrew Marvell, uRalph Waldo Emerson, uRobert no-Elizabeth Barrett Browning, uSamuweli ITayler Coleridge, kunye nezinye ezininzi.09 we-12
Ngaphezulu nje kweengkondlo zothando, le ncwadi ibonisa izicaphuno zothando kunye neendaba ezimfutshane ngothando.10 kwi-12
Uthando lweenkondlo ezinequmrhu lokuziphatha ukuze ubonise uthando lwakho lomlingane wakho.11 kwi-12
Xa izibhambathiso zitywinwe kwaye uthando lugxininisekile, le ncwadi yezinkondlo zothando iya kunceda ukukhanyisa imiba nemiba yomtshato . Kukho uluhlu lwembongo luquka imisebenzi esuka ku-Ovid no-Omar Khayyam ukuya ku-DH Lawrence.
12 kwi-12
Ukususela kwiminqweno yesondo ngesenzo esinzulu sokubambisana komoya, le ngxowa-mbongo ibhiyozela umoya okhuselekileyo kuzo zonke iifom. Uza kufumana imibongo nguSappho, uOvid, uWalt Whitman, uBaudelaire, uAna Akhmatova, uDenise Levertov, uRobert Creeley, uArienne Ucebile kunye namanye amagama abaculi.