love's philosophy - percy bysshe shelley

religious imagery: “kiss high Heaven”

sense of insincerity as Shelley was an atheist (irony or perhaps satire) so he’s using religion to manipulate a woman into falling for his seduction as religion connotes purity

“law divine”

a hyperbole suggesting that God will punish her if she doesn’t go through with his demands creating a sense of obligation

“if thou not kiss me?”

makes it seem like she has a choice but it’s rhetorical so actually she doesn’t; he words it in a way that only gives her the option to agree presenting his strategised manipulation - common in patriarchal victorian society

enjambment + repetitive structure (octets)

he is relentless in his pursuit of this woman and is too obsessed to take no for an answer

the regularity makes it seem rehearsed and ingenuine

tries to show that there is an endless list of reasons she should be with him

volta from natural to celestial imagery between the two stanzas

symbolises his increasing desperation as he results to using God for his seduction despite God symbolising purity showing his insincerity

abab + half rhymes

implies that everything is harmonious in pairs thus proving that this relationship is indubitably going to work

half rhymes (eg. “river” and “ever”) highlight his forcefulness and efforts to make this connection work showing his insincerity