A Rant on the Subject of the Poem "My Love Is Like to Ice", by Edmund Spenser

So, I have been reading the online version of The Writer's Almanac, since my dad listens to the show, and sometimes there are some very fine poems there. Today, I decided to look up all the ones I'd bookmarked on 'real' poetry sites. Which went well, until "My Love Is Like to Ice" by Edmund Spenser. (Coincidentally, this is today's poem. For the next couple hours, anyway.)

When you Google "My Love Is Like to Ice" by Edmund Spenser, you get about two hundred sites of love poetry!

What is this? "Love" is in the title, so it's romantic? Bah! Unless he's entirely corrupting all the common metaphors of romance, Spenser's saying that he loves someone who doesn't love him back, and loves her the more for the lack of reciprocation! I like the poem, but that's not romantic.

...there, I'm done. Anyway, Poetry Connection's page with "My Love Is Like to Ice" seems to be okay, though ad-clogged.

"Love" poetry. Hmph!