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[retro]

"I had a vision of love and it was all that you've given to me."

Does "I had a vision of love" means that I imagined what love was like and does "she's a vision of love" means that she's in love?

[RonBee]

It's figurative speech. The phrase "a vision of love" could mean a person or it could mean something else. It depends on context.

~R

[retro]

Originally Posted by RonBee

It's figurative speech. The phrase "a vision of love" could mean a person or it could mean something else. It depends on context.

~R

Well, here's the lyrics of a Mariah Carey song:

Treated me kind
Sweet destiny
Carried me through desperation
To the one that was waiting for me
It took so long
Still I believed
Somehow the one that I needed
Would find me eventually

I had a vision of love
And it was all that you've given to me

Prayed through the nights
Felt so alone
Suffered from alienation
Carried the weight on my own

Had to be strong
So I believed
And now I know I've succeeded
In finding the place I conceived

I had a vision of love (ooooh)
And it was all that you've given to me
I had a vision of love (ooooh)
And it was all that you've given me

I've realized the dream
And I visualized
The love that came to be
Feel so alive
I'm so thankful that I perceived
The answer that heaven has sent down to me

You treated me kind (yeah)
Sweet destiny (I'm so glad that you did)
And I'll be eternally grateful
Holding you so close to me
Prayed through the nights
So faithfully
Knowing the one that I needed
Would find me eventually (would find me)

I had a vision of love
And it was all that you've given to me
I had a vision of love
And it was all that you turned out to be

Inferring from it, she means that she (had) imagined what love was like. And "she's a vision of love" means she's in love.

Am I right?

[bianca]

Vision is a mental image produced by the imagination. She falls in love with a figment of her own imagination, which to her is a sign that she is going to meet her love in real life.

"I've realized the dream
And I visualized
The love that came to be"

[RonBee]

Originally Posted by retro

I had a vision of love
And it was all that you've given to me

Her vision of love turned out not to be the real thing.

Originally Posted by retro

I had a vision of love
And it was all that you turned out to be

She was disappointed.

Originally Posted by retro

Inferring from it, she means that she (had) imagined what love was like. And "she's a vision of love" means she's in love.

Am I right?

No, it's somebody else's idealization of her. "She's a vision of love" does say something about somebody else's feelings about her.

~R