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Love has been around for ages, but the ways in which one expresses love has drastically change. What used to be a simple concept, has now evolved to people saying “oh, you have time to go on snap chat, but I can’t even get a text back.” Let us release ourselves from this stress, and go back to a simpler time. A time where there were no texts, no text-back stress, just love letters.

            Love letters are a one of a kind experience. Who knew, that a piece of paper could bring so much joy to a person’s life. The receiver will read it, then re-read it, and somehow never get tired of it. So, what is it about this specific piece of paper that brings someone such grand joy?

Well, there are a few things that distinguish a love letter from a normal letter. Like any letter, a love letter has a beginning, middle, and end. However in a love a letter the focus of the topic is love. The sender’s priority is to concentrate on being romantic and attempt to emotionally impact the receiver in some way. To do so, the sender’s love letter may start with an intriguing greeting like darling or dear beautiful. The beginning, will also introduce the reasons for the love letter. For example, the sender might say, “I am writing this to you to tell you that you’re beautiful”, or “you and I have not talked very much, but I just wanted to let you that I think you’re amazing,” etc. When the sender adds a clear reason for writing the letter, it helps guide the receiver to a specific response.

Another component that helps influence the receiver’s response is the component of cheesiness. The sender may sometimes exaggerate certain emotions and say, “you make me feel alive again.” These type of sentences tend to be cheesy because of their lack of authenticity and their overload of corniness. However, these cheesy comments do help create a strong love letter. The cheesy comments sway the receiver to feel special, wanted, and adored. All, which are criteria needed to make an emotional impact on the receiver.

In addition, a love letter also includes a word vomit of compliments to the receiver. This allows the sender to emphasize his feelings by making it blatantly obvious that the receiver is the only topic of conversation. During this period in the love letter, the sender will begin to mention all the reasons why he/she likes the receiver. This goes back to the word vomit of compliments. For example, the sender will mention what he/she likes about the receiver’s physical appearance or personality. Almost mimicking the pattern of a list.

            The one thing that is most commonly seen in a love letter is a love poem. Most love letters mimic the style of a love poem. These types of love letters however, lack to conclude what they want from the receiver. Instead, they concentrate on rhymes and secret meanings. By the end of the love letter, the receiver knows that the sender has an interest in him/her, but the receiver does not know the reason for the love letter. Whether the sender wants a relationship, date, or phone number. For this reason, using a love poem as your love letter is quite impersonal, and may not give you the response you desire from your special someone.