William Congreve, a writer of plays, wrote: "Heaven has no anger, like love turned to hate, nor hell a fury, like a woman scorned" (459 Congreve). The feeling of betrayal and raging love, as described in Congreve's powerful words, is consistent across both Sylvia Plath's "Mad Girl's Love Song" and Julie Sheehan's "Hate Poem." The similarities that coexist between the two poems are: theme, imagery, and repetition. Love can be beautiful and bright, it can also be dark and depressing, as exemplified in both Plath's and Sheehan's writings. Love filled with hate and other powerful mixed emotions coincides in the theme of both Sylvia Plath, "Mad Girl's Love Song" and Julie Sheehan's "Hate Poem". Plath's title, “Mad Girl's Love Song,” suggests that the work is about an angry teenager who is heartbroken. The message of the title implies feelings of anger, revenge, remorse and hatred after heartbreak. As the story of the poem unfolds, a woman's immense pain emerges. The subject of the poem expresses a specific event: “I close my eyes and the whole world dies. / I dreamed that you bewitched me and took me to bed / And sang to me like a full moon, kissed me so crazy” (Plath). The first line of the quote is based on the impending outcome that would forever change his personal outlook on life: "I dreamed that you bewitched me in bed"; the loss of virginity. Regardless of woman or man, an individual's virginity is a precious and valuable aspect of human life. From this passage, the reader can assume that Plath was tricked, as the word "bewitched" suggests, into giving her innocence to an undeserving man. Feeling broken and unfaithful, she wishes, “I should have loved a thunderbird instead; / At least when spring comes they are... middle of paper... his better half. With specific details hatred is brought into the equation, for the woman even the thin key ring sends a message of broken love and impenetrable hatred. Hate is a primary emotion of a manifestation of anger. Love's hatred can be cruel, evil, deceptive, and even heartbreaking. Poets Sylvia Plath and Julie Sheehan describe the price of love's deception by creating works that involve themes, images, and repetition to demonstrate that love is not fair game. Works Cited Congreve, William, Alex Charles Ewald and Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay. William Congreve. London: T. F. Unwin, 1903. 459. Print.Cray, Dan. “God Versus Science.” Time Magazine November 05, 2006: 1-10. Network. August 30, 2011. Kennedy, XJ and Dana Gioia. An introduction to poetry. New York: Longman, 2002. Print.