The Form of LoveCan poetry articulate something about love that philosophy cannot? The Form of Love argues that it can. In close readings of seven metaphysical poems, the book shows how poets of the early modern period and beyond use poetic form to turn philosophy to other ends, in order not to represent the truth about love but to create a virtual experience of love, in all its guises. The Form of Love shows how verse creates love that cant exist without poetrys