Sonnet 75

Sonnet 75
Both Spenser 's Sonnet 75 and Shakespeare 's Sonnet 19 similarly claim to bestow immortality upon
the beloved. Despite similar themes, however, these sonnets contrast sharply. Spenser 's sonnet
ostensibly reports a conversation between the poet and his beloved, whereas Shakespeare 's sonnet
directly addresses personified time, and shows the greater dramatic flair.
Spenser 's first two words, "One day", eschew drama by setting his poem in a vague and
unparticularised past. Line 1 tells how he wrote his beloved 's name on the beach, and line 2 of how
the waves washed that name away. Lines 3 and 4 tell of how he rewrote the name and the sea
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This is a very heavily stressed line, containing a string of three heavy stresses which fall on "time",
"blunt" and "thou". Line 2 is regular iambic pentameter, but line 3 opens with a trochaic foot
followed by the two strongly stresed words "keen" and "teeth". Line 4 is again irregular, with heavy
stresses on both "long" and "lived", and a third heavy stress directly afterwards on the first syllable
of "phoenix".
This disruption of the expected metrical pattern of the sonnet emphasises the dissonant nature of
time, which is being invited to perform violence upon the strongest of creatures – it being
understood by the reader that time will perform such violence anyway, even if not invited.
The direct command which opens Shakespeare 's sonnet is followed by others – "blunt," "make,"
"Pluck," "burn," and "make glad" – all of which are phrased as permissions. This vigorous string of
permissions culminates in a grant of total licence – "And do whate 'er thou wilt" – in opposition to
which there is set one prohibition, in that time is forbidden the "heinous crime" of ageing the
beloved, here male. This opposition emphasises the poet 's horror of the "heinous crime".
"Heinous" is one of a copious supply of adjectives, most linked to concrete nouns such as "teeth"
and "jaws", which help carry the highly charged emotions of this sonnet. In contrast to Shakespeare
's vivid and specific instancing of concrete
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Sonnet 13 Mood
During The Renaissance, a type of poetry came into existence, commonly known as sonnets. Poetry
during this time was very experimental in the ways of development, which brings differences and
some similarities. Specifically in "Sonnet 13" and "Sonnet 97", both authored by William
Shakespeare. The tones and messages of the Sonnets are both delivered in different manners. A few
of the comparisons and contrasts of these sonnets consist of rhyme scheme, development, and ideas.
Among the comparisons are that both "Sonnet 13" and "Sonnet 97" have the rhyme scheme ABAB
CDCD EFEF GG with three quatrains and a single couplet, which is the structure of a
Shakespearean sonnet. However the sonnets both refer to their beloved, the way the messages were
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One of the main differences is the tone of the Sonnets. In "Sonnet 13" the tone conveyed more with
an instructive and straightforward tone towards the reader or beloved. Which contrasts from the tone
in "Sonnet 97" that consists of a more depressed and nostalgic tone towards their beloved. The more
obvious difference is the theme/meaning of the Sonnet in a whole. "Sonnet 13" speaks of his
beloved who is changing and is no longer who she once was. She is aging and the man thinks that it
would be wise for her to have a child to carry on her extravagant beauty, "Against this coming end
you should prepare,/And your sweet semblance to some other give" (ii. 3–4). The man is very
straightforward with the rest of his dialogue towards the woman. The meaning of "Sonnet 97" is
sending the message of how he longs for his beloved to return. Without her he experiences a time
similar to winter and hopelessness, "Yet this abundant issue seemed to me / But hope of orphans,
and unfathered fruit" (ii. 8–9). In this quote the speaker is comparing his hope to that of an orphaned
child, which is often close to

Sonnet Analysis
Reclaiming the Sonnet:
Cummings and Millay's Contemporary Use of the Classical Poetic Form Fourteen lines, iambic
pentameter, rhyme scheme–– the classical form of the sonnet has been employed by poets since the
thirteenth century. Whether the Italian Petrarchan, the English Shakespearean or other variations on
the quatorzain, some of the most widely–read poets have risen to fame as sonneteers. Typically
sonnets address romantic love or lust, but occasionally poets will lyrically meditate on nature,
spirituality or other universal aspects of the human condition; however, modern poets have broken
from the traditional sonnet form and subject matter to put a contemporary twist on the popular
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The speaker personifies his nation, proclaiming with second–person pronouns, "i love you land of
the pilgrims' and so forth" and later stating, "thy sons acclaim your glorious name." The orator
muses over America's war efforts the way other poets might idolize a young fair maiden or exalt the
wonders of the natural world, the speechmaker inquires, "why talk of beauty," claiming, "what could
be more beautiful than these heroic happy dead who rushed like lions to the roaring slaughter."
Cummings points out the absurdity of extreme patriotism and the dangers accompanying glorified
militarism with a speaker who praises his nation's violent efforts with the romantic rhetoric of love
poetry.
In addition to the heightened romantic language of the love poem, occasionally sonneteers will also
utilize capitalization to convey a specific emotion regarding the poem's subject. For example, in his
popular 116th and 18th sonnets, respectively, Shakespeare plays with capitalization in several lines,
including "Love's not Time's fool" and "Nor shall Death brag." Capitalizing certain words that
encompass great meaning or emotion–– as Shakespeare indicates with "Time" and "Death"–– aids
poets in emphasizing the essential nature of said terms and their importance within the sonnet.
Cummings does not follow Shakespeare's practice

Analysis Of Sonnet 130
Poetry is a form of writing in where the author expresses his or her emotions through style and
rhythm. There is no one specific reason why people like poetry. Not only is poetry personal, it can
also be deeply emotional to people, as poems can bring back memories and experiences that have
resonated throughout the reader's life. Love poetry is not only deeply emotional for people, but it's
something most people can relate to as most people will experience some form of love throughout
their life. Easily the most famous poet in history, Shakespeare, had many thoughts on love, and
many of his poems invoke this emotion. Sonnet 130 specifically is thought provoking and much
more relatable than other poems of the 1600's, and like most of Shakespeare's sonnets, this poem is
an expression of love. This is due to the fact that Shakespeare does not make the woman in the poem
out to be some sort of goddess. In telling his mistress that he loves her, our speaker also has to give
us an idea about what his love is like. He is stating who and what she is, and that at the end of the
day, his love is not only beautiful, but unique, exclusive and rare.
Sonnet 130 was written during the 1600's. Many poets during this time stylised their lover or
whomst ever they were writing about as divine and perfect in everyway. Sonnet 130 is considered
by many to make a mockery of this. This sonnet compares the speaker's lover to a number of other
beauties, and never in the lover's favor. In the first

Sonnet 130 Juxtaposition
The passage of time is responsible for many paradigm shifts, and most apparent is the one affecting
the perception of beauty. Today, beauty is not solely the exterior, but rather a nexus of internal
characteristics. This is not a new concept, as William Shakespeare hints in his Sonnet 130. In the
sonnet, Shakespeare uses contrast and volta to craft satire that ridicules society's obsession with
physical beauty, adequately demonstrating the necessity of disassociating feminine value with
external beauty.
Shakespeare uses heavy juxtaposition to illustrate his mistress at face value, a feature that went
against the traditional love poem. He begins by a series of comparisons, contrasting his mistress
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This contrast to nature allows Shakespeare to mock the unrealistic hyperboles used by conventional
poems of the time, an epitomical example being Astrophel and Stella by Philip Sidney. In Sidney's
work, the love subject is described as having a face that is "prepar'd by Natures chiefest furniture"
and "built of Alabaster pure". Although such comparisons to nature were already cliché and most of
all, unrealistic, they were nevertheless used heavily. Shakespeare's use of contrast allows him to
mock the lofty comparisons of other love poets. By directly mirroring the structural and definitive
elements of its counterparts, Sonnet 130 criticizes the nature of conventional love poetry and its
hackneyed focus on external beauty. The volta at the rhyming couplet allows Shakespeare to
highlight his perspective – that true love does not need beauty to be satisfied. After the laundry list
of unflattering remarks towards his mistress, Shakespeare confesses that he preciously views his
"love as rare // As any she belied with false compare" (13–14). This suggests that despite her
imperfections, Shakespeare's unconditional love for her remains unscathed, and that his account of
her physical appearance contains no false or

Petrarchan Sonnets
Carlos Alejandro
In the first chapter, "Every trip is a quest (even when it's not)" the author talks about a quester, a
place to go, a stated reason to go there, challenges on the way, and a real reason to be going there.
He says the real reason for a quest is always self–knowledge, self–discovers, and self–fulfillment.
And Lord of the rings and Star Wars are some examples.
In the next chapter, "Nice to eat with you: Acts of Communication" it talks about communion which
the author says it's also known as "an act of sharing or peace". But it also doesn't matter if its
religious or not, it doesn't have to be. And on "Nice to eat" he talks about some ideas about writing a
classic vampire story, which are, older figure representing corrupt outworn values, and a few more.
He explains that many stories in the Victorian Era featured the vampire because they couldn't talk
about some topics, like sex. So he used this character to explain these types of things. When they
talk about ghost and vampires, it doesn't literally talk about ghosts and vampires, and doesn't have to
have the same typical characters either.
On the next chapter, it talks about the renaissance and about sonnets and about how they are 14 lines
long and and ten syllables per line too. The Petrarchan sonnets are the most popular type and its
divided into 2 parts and one part is 8 and the other part is 6 lines. And it says how the poem turns
itself into a shape of a square which is why the title of this chapter is

Sonnet Two Annotations
The second sonnet continues the argument and plea from sonnet one. This time through the imagery
of military, winter, and commerce. Once again, time is the great enemy, besieging the youth's brow,
digging trenches in his face and ravaging his good looks. Beauty is conceived of as a treasure that
decays unless, through love, its natural increase. By marrying and having children is made possible.
The poet tries to scare the young man to marry and have children by showing him his future. When
he is forty years old he will be nothing but a "tatter'd weed, of small worth held" because he will be
alone and childless. The only thing that the young will have to look back for is his self–absorbed
"Lusty days," empty because

Drayton's Sonnet 130 And The Petrarchan Sonnet
The Petrarchan (Italian) sonnet was a literary importation introduced by Sir Thomas Wyatt during
the 16th century English Renaissance (Sarker, 39). The Petrarchan sonnet follows an Italian rhyme
scheme. As Wyatt soon discovered, the rhyme schemes used in the Italian sonnet are difficult to find
when writing in English (Sarker, 40). Due to this discrepancy, adaptations of the Italian form led to
the development of the English or Shakespearean sonnet.
Despite structural alterations, the English sonnet upholds Petrarchan conventions of praise in which
the poet addresses the romantic object (Wilcke, Romantic lit. conventions). Within the Petrarchan
tradition, the blazon is a convention used to structure the poet's romantic praise of the beloved.
Within its origins, the French Heralid meaning of the term "blazon" means "coat of arms", or the
idea of a prominent display. The translation of the blazon into poetry uses literary devices such as
metaphors to endearingly catalogue and describe the beloved. It was from the blazon in which the
anti–blazon sonnet developed. The anti–blazon structure inverts both the typical blazon and
Petrarchan tradition by depicting the beloved in a seemingly unconventional way. William
Shakespeare's "Sonnet 130" and Michael Drayton's "Sonnet 8" are representations of the anti–blazon
in English literature. Sonnet 130 depicts Shakespeare's parody of traditional Petrarchan descriptions
of beauty through the anti–blazon. Drayton uses the anti–blazon to overturn the Petrarchan
convention of youthfulness.
Within the Petrarchan tradition, a poet would praise the beloved's superlative qualities using
elaborate descriptions of beauty such as "golden hair" or "starry eyes". Using the blazon, the
beloved's attributes would be depicted through metaphorical comparison or conceits, often to
elements of nature. Such comparisons demonstrate that the beloved's attributes are so sublime that
they elevate her to metaphysical proportions – she would seem divine and metaphysical. In "Sonnet
130", Shakespeare mocks common Petrarchan conceits and rejects describing his beloved using
conventional blazon imagery. Instead, Shakespeare portrays his lover in contrast to Petrarchan
images of beauty within

Theme Of Sonnet XIV
John Donne's poem "Sonnet XIV" delves into the relationship with God and his enemy, Satan. The
form of the poem is a source of tension. When conflicting elements resist, one another tension is
produced. Therefore, Donne creates tension by abandoning the traditional Petrarchan Sonnet that
conforms to the speaker's love for a woman and he speaks about his love for God. Donne's
resolution to the conflict of an overcrowded relationship is in him telling God to take control, so that
he can be free from sin.
In John Donne's poem, "Sonnet XIV," the poem's controlling meter is an Iambic Pentameter. The
poems rhyme scheme is regular. The rhyme scheme of a Petrarchan sonnet being "abbaabbacdcdee".
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The speaker makes use of figurative language and imagery to convey a more vivid description. The
speaker is comparing himself to a seized town. Meaning in more blatant terms, a town in captivity.
The site "town" in this case is a symbol that the speaker has used to represent himself. The symbol is
a contribution to the unity of the story. The symbol helps to create a more vivid picture of the way in
which the speaker is in bondage and needs to be freed. The speaker continues his train of thought by
saying "labor to admit you, but oh, to no end" meaning he tries to let the rightful owners in but his
attempt was futile. Then he makes mention that he should be protected by the statement "Reason
your viceroy in me, me should defend/ But is captiv'd, and proves weak or untrue". Suggesting that
the ruler in him is either being held in confinement, puny or disloyal. All of the aforementioned have
a congruous effect to the unity of the poem in entirety. Here we view the speaker explaining that sin
had him held captive and he wanted to let God in so that God could intervene and free him from sin.
However, the part of him that should have taken control did

Theme Of Blank Sonnet
A distinguished sense of hollowness, and darkness is discernable in George Elliot Clarke's poem
"Blank Sonnet". This poem expresses, the author's difficult and awkward communication with a
lover through a broken relationship. word choice and imagery is imperative to the overall effect and
tone of the poem. The usage of an atypical sonnet stylization, broken sentences, forms of metaphors,
symbolism, sensory language, and alliteration form strong imagery, and a sense of disconnect. The
overall effect leaves the reader with a resonating feeling of emptiness.
The main theme within Clarke's Sonnet is his distance and inability to communicate with a lover.
This poem is written for his lover as an attempt to connect with her, although within the poem, he is
continuing to communicate poorly. The way in which he copes with this broken relationship drives
the tone of the poem.
A common theme throughout the poem is the coping mechanism used for his troubled relationship.
He does not view his alcoholism as a fault, but as a comfort and an escape. He yearns "to sleep
beneath a patchwork quilt of rum". (Clarke 6) Furthermore, he wishes to drink until he is unaware
that his relationship is troubled. He wishes for "the slow collapse of language / [w]ashed out by
alcohol." (Clarke 7–8) He desires to detach, and isolate himself from the situation mentally, rather
than remove himself physically. This suggests that he has no wish to recover from his alcoholism,
and no desire to leave his

British Sonnets
The British sonnets "To Sleep" and "Come Sleep! O Sleep, the certain knot of peace", written by
John Keats and Sir Phillip Sidney respectively, contain many similarities and a few distinct
differences. They both are about the act of falling to sleep and the many beneficial thing that come
from sleeping. Both of these sonnets are also very moving in their exquisite use of an assortment of
literary techniques. However, these sonnets differ in the tone in which they are written, the speed at
which they are intended to be read, and their rhyme scheme. The British sonnets "To Sleep" and
"Come Sleep! O Sleep, the certain knot of peace" are very similar in their subject matter and use of
literary techniques, but are quite different in their tone, designed reading speed and rhyme scheme.
The British sonnets "To Sleep" and "Come Sleep! O Sleep, the certain knot of peace" contain many
similarities. Perhaps the two sonnets greatest common factor is their extensive use of
personification. The two authors of these poems both use personification to humanize sleep.
Personification is displayed in "To Sleep" when the narrator calls sleep the "soft embalmer of the
still midnight" (Keats 1). The narrator is bestowing upon the sleep the title of the "soft embalmer of
the still midnight" (Keats 1). The use of placing a title of something non–human bestows near
human like status upon said non–human object. Sir Phillip Sidney also uses personification in his
sonnet, "Come Sleep! O Sleep, the

Edna's Sonnet Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950) was an American poet and playwright who was best known
for her feminist activism and her controversial views on love and sex. Millay's open views regarding
sexuality provide readers with insight when analyzing the tone of her Sonnet (Women Have Loved
Before As I Love Now). Edna St. Vincent Millay's use of powerful diction, exemplified by her
choice of the words suffer and treacherous, add to her melancholy and lamenting tone in the sestet,
and aid in the understanding of the overall message of her sonnet. Millay's use of the harsh word
suffer, sets a melancholy and lamenting tone in the sestet of her sonnet, which contradicts her
carefree tone in the octave. She uses the word suffer to describe how she feels

Sonnet 73 Metaphors
In William Shakespeare's "Sonnet 73," the speaker claims that through recognizing life's brevity,
love can be made stronger, and more permanent, by learning to appreciate the limited time each
person has left. Shakespeare establishes this argument by developing three metaphors comparing a
succinct amount of time to life. The first metaphor compares the seasons of a year to stages of life.
The second quatrain contains the next metaphor comparing the sun's journey across the sky to the
speaker's lifetime. And the final metaphor, found in the third quatrain, compares the glow of a fire to
a lifetime. Shakespeare's choice of applying shorter periods of time being compared to the speaker's
lifetime emphasizes the brevity of a person's life.
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The tone strengthens the metaphor in this quatrain through adding emphasis that the speaker is still
reminiscing about what he has lost and has yet to look towards what the future holds.
The speaker starts the second quatrain, again, telling the listener to witness in him the approach of
old age. The extended metaphor in the second quatrain compares the sun's journey across the sky to
the speaker's lifetime. The speaker tells the listener that they can see "the twilight of such day, as
after sunset fadeth in the west", or the aging of the speaker after the brightness and energy of his
youth have started to fade just like the sun does as it approaches the end of its journey. The speaker
continues with "which by and by black night doth take away", "black night" signifying old age
taking away what little remains of the speaker's youthfulness, and the eventual passing away of the
speaker. A shift in tone occurs here from somber to one of forlorn as the speaker recognises that he
will eventually die. The speaker finishes the metaphor by explicitly saying the dark of night
represents "Death's second self, that seals all up in rest." Night in the metaphor seals up all in eternal
rest through death. The rhyme between "day" and "away" draws attention to the number of days the
speaker has left are diminishing. The image of the diminishing number of days builds on the
depressed tone already expressed in the quatrain by emphasizing the certainty of

The Sonnets Of The Sonnet In The 17th Century
Prior to the 17th century, poetry was not only predominantly written by males, but also catered to
their ideas, interests, and views. During this time, women were limited in their expression and were
silenced to anything other than their household duties. Among this era, Elizabeth Barrett was born in
1806 to a family of great wealth in Durham, England. Under a very traditional, strict household, she
was the eldest of 12 children. Her father, Edward, was very controlling and forbid all of his
daughters from marrying. Although, he did encourage highly encourage their studies. Elizabeth
began to explore beyond her traditional studies and took an interest in poetry, literature, and various
languages. At a very young age, she could read the works of many well–known scholars.
Unfortunately, Elizabeth became very ill, which in turn affected not only her well–being but over
overall mindset. Although her circumstances grew worse, she was able to spend more time on her
studies. Elizabeth later became a very influential poet, writing the Sonnets of the Portuguese,
challenging the traditional male dominance in writing through her new view, writing style, and the
concept of love.
With Elizabeth's gloomy outlook on life, and the overbearing traditional sense of love from her
father, she was certain that she would never find true love or even marry. However, the more she
began to write the more attention she received, particularly from one individual writer, Robert
Browning. Later the two

William Shakespeare 's Sonnet 17 And Sonnet 55
Two constant themes throughout this collection of sonnets is one's eternal fate and preservation once
that fate is reached.. Shakespeare battles with the idea of how to preserve not only the beauty of his
subject, which in this case is the young man, but also his work without losing value and merit.
Sonnet 17 and Sonnet 55 share the common idea that preservation is necessary and important, but
each take different approaches to this preservation. From Sonnet 17 to Sonnet 55, Shakespeare
grows confident in his craft and begins to develop a different ideology when it comes to
preservation. In this paper, I will compare and contrast Sonnet 17 and Sonnet 55 and thoroughly
examine Shakespeare's changing preservation ideology.
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In some cases, he even starts to believe that the beauty of the subject is ineffable and incapable of
being described to eyes who have not seen the beauty first hand. His thoughts can be seen in phrases
like,"If I could write the beauty of your eyes" (line 5). The speaker in Sonnet 17 doesn't only focus
on the importance of the child for the subject, but also the stake they, the speaker, hold in the child.
As stated the poet is fearful. He is worried about preserving his craft and his personal legacy. At this
moment he doesn't understand his true worth as a writer and the power his words hold. He doesn't
understand that they legacy of his subject can live in his words. But he learns and an alternative
preservation ideology is seen in in Sonnet 55.
In Sonnet 55, Shakespeare's confidence as a writer begins to blossom. This is proven in the first two
lines of the poem where he says, "Not marble nor the gilded monuments/Of princes shall outlive this
powerful rhyme". One can't get more cocky than that. Shakespeare sets the tone. He lets his
confidence shine through and makes sure that nothing is hidden when it comes to his ability and the
power his words hold. He begins to understand that the legacy of the subject can be preserved in a
poem, if captured correctly. He goes on to iterate that his words can stand the test of time because
words can't be destroyed saying, "Than unswept stone besmeared with

Sonnet 130 Analysis
Sonnet Analysis–Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare
I will be writing about "Sonnet 130" that was written in 1609 by William Shakespeare. The theme of
this sonnet is romance, but it isn't the conventional love poem were you praise your mistress and
point out to the readers all the ways in which she is perfect and the best. In this sonnet we could see
that beauty isn't a rush when you talk about love and how does Shakespeare compares her mistress
appearance to things which she isn't, this means her mistress isn't the like a "Super model" however
he loves her imperfections because those are the ones which make her a human.
In the first quatrain of the sonnet we could see more clearly what I told above.
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The rhyme scheme is typical of a sonnet, it has an (abab, cdcd, efef, gg) 14 line rhyme structure ,
this type of rhyme helps us understand better the poem and enjoy it more, as it gives an more
interesting and organize effect. Shakespeare uses hyperbole, metaphors and comparisons as literary
devices to develop the point we want to give on this sonnet, as the same time this literacy devices
create a more interesting effect, as it gives the reader the opportunity to be more open minded and
have better images of what the speaker is talking about, and don't have an abstract image of it.
In conclusion, we can see how Shakespeare doesn't use false comparisons, he avoids the unrealistic
adjectives which could be find in other sonnets of authors describing how perfect her mistress is, he
instead prefers to give the reader a more honest description about the women he loves. He describes
all her imperfections but he still loves her just the way she

Sonnet 116 Analysis
Once upon a time there was an English writer from the 1600s who wrote a collection of 154 poems
called Shakespeare's Sonnets. The poems reflect on love, time, beauty, and death. Throughout the
sonnets, many different types of love can be deciphered. The Various ways to love can be seen in
William Shakespeare's poems, as proven by lust in "Sonnet 129," the love of appearances in "Sonnet
130," true love in "Sonnet 116," and the elements of nature in contrast to love in "Sonnet 18,"
proving that there can be many different aspects of love and how it is perceived.
The first poem, "Sonnet 129," shows how one way that love can be portrayed is through lust. It
describes how one is controlled by the impulses, experiences the joy, and is then mortified by the
deed. Lust is irresistible and overwhelming and can cause emotions such as longing, blissful
fulfillment, and unavoidable guilt, as described by Shakespeare in "Sonnet 129" (Fleischmann 115).
Allowing physical desire to overpower reason is the root of sin that Shakespeare addresses in the
sonnet. Even though the sonnet's speaker knows that he should withstand the temptation, it is shown
that resisting the urges may be all but impossible (Fleischmann 116). The reader can infer that lust is
a desire experienced around the world, but not many people have the will to prevail over it: "Sonnet
129 depicts lust as a universal experience 'the world knows well' (11), even as only a few are able to
overcome its temptations and resist its tumultuous highs and lows" (Fleischmann 116). This shows
how widespread attraction of lust is. In addition to lust being irrepressible, once the act is fulfilled, it
is almost always regretted: "As Shakespeare wrote, the world well knows that sexual intercourse
without love is often a grave disappointment and can lead to torment in a wide variety of forms.
Unfortunately, many people have to learn this truth by bitter experience" (Delaney 3). The only way
that a person realizes how unpleasant lust is, is through experiencing it. The speaker makes a
realization at the end of the poem that lust is only comprehended by looking at all its facets. He
suggests that lust offers heaven while searching for it, but lust offers hell when it is

Sonnets In Shakespeare's Sonnets
Sonnets are known for its rigid format and being the hoard of poets' flowery love confessions and
tormenting heartache. While most poets generally stick to that cliche topic of love and the traditional
English or Petrarchan structures, sonnets are not defined by these archetypal features. Both
Shakespeare's "My mistress' eyes are..." and Collins's "Sonnet" satirically defy those typical sonnets.
However both poems differ, as Shakespeare follows the standard English sonnet style and parodies
the classic subject of love to show how ridiculous and idealistic love sonnets can be; while Collins
on the other hand, breaks free from those stern sonnet rules to joke about the strictness of sonnet
structures to define typical sonnet rules.
Shakespeare follows the English style of sonnets, while Collins partially follows the Petrarchan
style. Both sonnets include fourteen lines, a defining feature of the sonnet form. "My mistress' eyes
are..." consists of three quatrains that describes his argument on love cliches, and ends with a
couplet, the turning point of English sonnets. The sonnet consists of ten syllables each line, adhering
to the rhythm of the iambic pentameter rule. Shakespeare's sonnet follows the usual rhyme scheme
of an English sonnet: abab cdcd efef gg. Conversely, Collins attempts to stray from the general
sonnet principles in contrast with Shakespeare. "Sonnet" loosely follows the Petrarchan style, as the
lines are grouped into one octave, a stanza of eight lines, and one sestet, a stanza of six lines, in
structure. Collins's "Sonnet" does not have a rhyme scheme, nor does the poem follow iambic
pentameter. His sonnet does, however, present his turn in the beginning of the sestet, a recurrent
feature of a Petrarchan sonnet. Collins begins poking fun at English sonnets in the octave, but then
turns to joke at Petrarchan forms. Both sonnets have a lighthearted, humorous tone, yet the poems
parody the classic styles of sonnets in different ways.
Shakespeare expresses his love for his mistress through metaphors, typical of sonnets about love.
However, those comparisons describe his poor mistress through unpleasant ways, in distinct to
typical love sonnets. Poets usually describe the beauty of their lover through

Shakespeare's Sonnet 73
William Shakespeare used the word and the concept of death many times throughout his writing.
The poem, "The Time of Year," is one of the many sonnets that Shakespeare wrote. It is also known
as "Sonnet 73". "In Western literary traditions, sonnets have played an important role because of the
works of authors such as Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) and William Shakespeare," (Weagly, 2016).
"The Time of Year" (Sonnet 73) by William Shakespeare, conveys the theme that the idea of losing
someone could create a stronger feeling of love while they are living here on Earth. All sonnets are
written in a specific pattern. They consist of three quatrains and a couplet. Every line has ten
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The sonnet is slightly tragic in aspect, because it is on wishful thinking. In the autumn of his life and
getting close to death, his loved one sees that he does not have much time left but still loves him the
same. That is the meaning of true love. There is a melancholic tone of his life deteriorating in front
of him and while he has lived some days of pure joy in his youth. He remains focused on his death
by describing it with a more pessimistic point of view. Then, towards the end, he employs a tone of
regret which explains why he lives his dying days with pure negativity. He finishes with an
instruction directed towards his audience to live and appreciates life's light, and joy and love better
than he did. Even though it is not intentional, the poem is an inspiration to live well and flourish and
to be appreciative of what you have before it is too late. Shakespeare apparently wrote this sonnet at
a time of uneasiness. It is captivating to a loved one to see the lengthiness of his youth, by
embodying himself as a season, a day or a burning fire, and allegories the respect endings of all
those three. It is a difficult feeling to describe, when something that you used to have such love for
is no longer interesting to you, but Shakespeare metaphors describe it perfectly. His writing style, in
keeping Shakespearian form, is of flowing sentences and elaborate descriptions, offering metaphors
within metaphors. Throughout these descriptions his

Sonnet And Religion
In the following chapters, I am primarily concerned with how the sonnet functions as a purely
religious form. I am interested in the effects it has on the speaker in relation to his abstract object of
devotion, and those it has on the object of devotion in relation to the speaker. If we are to regard the
sonnet, historically, as an erotic act of devotion, what happens when this devotion is divine? Is the
position of God elevated (in its associations with the lover) or reduced (in its associations with the
earthly)? Is the position of the speaker, for that matter, elevated (to the godly) or reduced (in contrast
to God)? On a fundamental level, is the relationship between God and man necessarily different than
that of two lovers? These are the

Essay On Sonnet 130
William Shakespeare's 'Sonnet 130' and John Milton's 'Methought I saw my Late Espouséd Saint'
are both sonnets that adapt the Petrarchan tradition of the donna angelica. The poems both use the
traditional sonnet structure, use imagery to describe a specific kind of beauty and were both written
in the Early modern period when the Petrarchan tradition was popular. In spite of this, both 'Sonnet
130' and 'Methought I Saw My Late Espouséd Saint' avert from the Petrarchan tradition of donna
angelica with a more women–friendly approach. ....
In both Shakespeare's 'Sonnet 130' and in the Petrarchan tradition of donna angelica women are
described with the help of imagery, but instead of the idealisation found in the Petrarchan tradition,
the comparison's in 'Sonnet 130' are more reasonable. This shifts away from the misrepresentation of
women as unblemished characters found in the Petrarchan tradition. The speaker in ... Show more
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9–10) are an example of the constant repetition of realistic comparisons made by the speaker in the
poem. Shakespeare mocks the Petrarchan tradition by taking a popular notion for comparison, which
is music and twisting it around. Shakespeare averts the imagery away from the notion of comparing
a female voice to music, to a more commonsensible comparison. He does this by saying that he
loves his mistress's voice, but counterarguments "that music has a far more pleasing sound" (l,10).
In the last two lines, (l.13–14) the speaker criticizes the donna angelica. . The lines conclude what
the speaker is trying to tell his mistress throughout the poem. That unlike the false and over
exaggerating comparisons found in the donna angelica, the speaker does not need that, to prove his
love. The speaker emphasizes on the fact that even though his mistress isn't as ideal as the women
that are compared in the donna angelica, he loves his mistress nonetheless. "As any she belied with
false compare" (l.14) concludes that the whole poem has been a donna angelica mockery.

Essay on The Sonnet Form and its Meaning: Shakespeares...
The Sonnet Form and its Meaning: Shakespeare Sonnet 65
The sonnet, being one of the most traditional and recognized forms of poetry, has been used and
altered in many time periods by writers to convey different messages to the audience. The strict
constraints of the form have often been used to parallel the subject in the poem. Many times, the
first three quatrains introduce the subject and build on one another, showing progression in the
poem. The final couplet brings closure to the poem by bringing the main ideas together. On other
occasions, the couplet makes a statement of irony or refutes the main idea with a counter statement.
It leaves the reader with a last impression of what the author is trying to say. ... Show more content
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The speaker makes a good argument here, and the tone of the poem is introduced as hopelessness in
the survival of beauty.
True to sonnet form, the second quatrain confirms the previously presented argument, and poses a
similar question as the anguish of the speaker and the dilemma of time's progression are heightened.
Line 5 starts with "O," eliciting the speaker's great anguish at the predicament of time and it is
accented, breaking the traditional iambic pentameter meter in which Shakespeare writes: O, how
shall summer's honey breath hold out Against the wrackful siege of batt'ring days, When rocks
impregnable are not so stout, Nor gates of steel so strong, but time decays?
The imagery is powerful. Summer is personified as battling against time. Summer, in reality, is a
time when life begins to die out as the colder months come in, so nature and the plants are in fragile
condition. "Summer's honey breath" reflects the flowers and plants so beautiful and transient in
summer, the nature that keeps "Summer" alive. But the "wrackful siege of batt'ring days" comes to
kill this beauty. The progression of the

Sonnet 146
Sonnet 146 is well known for its deeply intriguing religious aspect, as it is one of Shakespeare's
religious sonnets and almost the only religious one. It is religious as its tone mentions its concern
with heaven, asceticism and also the progress of the soul all through out the sonnet. The idea that the
poet was trying to convey to his audience is that the body exists at the expense of the soul, so that
adorning or worrying about its beauty can only be accomplished at the souls expense. The poem is
an internal monologue, which makes it first person point of view. This helps the audience
understand that he is talking to himself and whom he is talking about. This sonnet can also be
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The words poor and sinful are both negative. We can understand through this negative tone that the
poet or the 'earth' in this sonnet is a bad place and we then link 'sinful' to ungodliness, which is what
the whole poem is about.
Another example of metaphor used in this poem is found in the second quatrain; 'fading mansion'
which is used the represent our body. This metaphor explains that our souls are slowly dying and
becoming very dull and fading as we do not live our lives like we are suppose to, according to the
poet.
In line 13 'so shalt thou feed on death', gives us the audience a thought that we must constantly be
thinking about death and also as a part of human nature we ponder about life. In other words, for
this metaphor, we as humans feed on death, which in turns feeds on us.
'Why so large a cost, having so short a lease' this 'lease' refers to life, which is short as we as humans
are not immortal. This metaphor asks why we as humans put so much effort into life when death
comes so quickly.
Closing couplet:
The metaphor from the 3rd quatrain is continued and expanded in the closing couplet. It finishes
from the 1st quatrain of the starving person within the mansion and then turns into irony of the idea
that death feeds on humans. And in the last lines, 'death' and 'dying' are words used as imagery to
describe and give us the final image of eternal life.
Shakespeare, with the use of vivid imagery,

Vernon's Sonnets
Shakespeare, arguably one of the most influential English poets, wrote many meaningful works. The
messages that he expressed in his works are still relevant hundreds of years later. Justin Vernon, the
frontman of the band Bon Iver, is a contemporary folk singer songwriter. He is an accomplished
artist who has recorded a total of six albums, his newest being, 22, A Million, which has been
awarded two grammys. Shakespeare's sonnet, "Sonnet 147", and Justin Vernon's song, "Skinny
Love," that was further popularized by singer songwriter Birdy, are similar in message. The focus of
the two works is on the darker side of relationships, as opposed to the approach taken by many other
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During the time of his stay in this cabin, Vernon ended up writing his third album, For Emma,
Forever Ago, which included his song, "Skinny Love." The lyrics from Vernon's song, "Skinny
Love," came from a dark time in his life, and although not obvious when listening to the melody of
the song, the lyrics reveal the pain that he was writing from. "Skinny Love," predominantly utilizes
imagery and symbolism. Vernon writes, "Come on skinny love just last the year." Imagery is
employed when describing the love as skinny because one is able to visualize the love as
malnourished and sparse. Another lyric that contains imagery is, "Staring at the sink of blood and
crushed veneer." Blood can be vividly imagined as well as a destroyed surface, showing that the
relationship is broken, pained, and damaged. Vernon uses symbolism in his lyric, "Pour a little salt
we were never here." Salt can be utilized in cleaning. In these lyrics, the salt symbolizes what will
be used in attempts to clean and fix the relationship so that the couple can put everything behind
themselves. In addition, Vernon also uses symbolism when saying, "'Cause I'll be holding all the
tickets and you'll be owning all the fines." The tickets symbolize all of the wrongs committed within
the relationship, and the fines represent that which is paid because of them. This relationship has
been abandoned and starved. While

Summary Of The Sonnet Of A Wedding
Looking at your lovely figure with him
Up at the altar eager for love's kiss
It's obvious to me that you're in bliss
Lips a blooming rose, eyes lowered and dim
All faces stay joyous with not one grim 5
The wedding ends with him saying I'll miss
You during the honeymoon, big sister
I just smile at him, posture straight and prim.
Thus in the spring sprouts a lonesome flower
Not knowing of the sun's comforting heat 10
Yet it knows the bitterness of the wind
I cannot say time will grant me power
To forget that we once shared a bed sheet
I only know I'll remember we sinned
I chose an Italian sonnet because I was interested in trying my hands at a sonnet. I was curious about
the other closed forms, but they seemed more difficult to write compared to a sonnet. Also, I thought
that an Italian sonnet would fit the image my poem was taking: a wedding with a secret. Since an
Italian sonnet starts with an octave introducing a situation before ending with a sestet revealing a
new perspective, it was perfect for my idea. Adding on, all the sonnets in the book focused on love
which also encouraged my picking a sonnet to write. I've never been at a wedding this dramatic, but
I thought that it would be an unique experience to witness. I also thought that broken–hearted people
may be able to relate to it; I've never been in this kind of relationship, so I can't claim that these
reactions would be realistic. I thought that the rime scheme would be easier compared

Sonnet Billy Collins
In Billy Collins poem "Sonnet," it talks about the structure of a sonnet. Collins explains the
complications and difficulties involving writing a sonnet by interpreting how many lines are needed
in order to create a sonnet. The poem "Sonnet" has many issues; some which can be fixed with
medication. Collins poem has a problem with its digestion, the diagnosis of the conflicts Collins
faces are constipation and diarrhea. First, Collins poem suffers from the constipation because of the
way he tries to develop the first line of the poem. However, though diarrhea is a very messy
situation, some would consider the structure of Collins work as messy. Mainly because of the
wording of his work; as if he just let out all of the excess baggage with no ... Show more content on
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First, he dealt with the complications of constipation which clogged his system. In which caused
him to lose his train of thought when it came to writing lines for "Sonnet". However, Collins system
is no longer stuffed; he now has diarrhea. In this case Collins stools are loose and he is having
trouble with finding an end points :"[I]nto the final six where all will be resolved, where longing and
heartache will find an end, where Laura will tell Petrarch to put down his pen, take off those crazy
medieval tights, blow out the lights, and come at last to be" (lines 11–14). Collins uses his
interpretations of Petrarch's poem in order to get a resolution. He uses the part mention "longing and
heartache" as a form of twist and turns that he is faced with through the poem. The reason being of
this specific line being an example of diarrhea is because it seems as if Collins found the correct
prescription needed to get rid of his symptoms. The part where he speaks of Laura telling Petrarch to
"blowout the lights and come to bed" as a phrase because Laura is the women that Petrarch fell in
love with but he couldn't

Sonnet Billy Collins
For today's analysis, I chose the poem "Sonnet" by Billy Collins. The author begins by stating "all
we need is fourteen lines" causing the reader to believe the poem is, in fact, a sonnet ("Sonnet" 1).
After reading through, however, the conclusion can be made that the author does not follow many of
the various rules associated with writing a sonnet. For instance, the rhyme scheme of this poem is
not that of a sonnet at all. Normally, a Petrarchan sonnet would follow an a–b–b–a, a–b–b–a, and so
on; however, the author instead strays from the expected and has very little, if any, rhyming
throughout the entire piece. The only time any rhyme is seen is for the few slant rhymes the author
includes and even those do not contribute to making it a true sonnet. Another missing aspect of
sonnet writing is iambic pentameter. All of the lines, except the last, do not meet the guidelines of
ten syllables, but why? Since this is the ending of the poem and the speaker mentions to "blowout
the candle" maybe they are giving up on their rant ("Sonnet" 14). Or it possibly could be to
differentiate from the rest of the poem and actually create a suitable line. Although many parts of the
poem do not meet the reader's expectations, one aspect of the poem that does meet the ... Show more
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The conflict, therefore, would be the forced structure of sonnets and how it is easy "unless you get
Elizabethan and insist the iambic bongos must be played" ("Sonnet" 5–6). The author clearly does
not like being confined to the rules of sonnet writing and address them here, but in the final six
lines, the sestet, the speaker addresses various aspects of typical sonnets, such as a resolved conflict,
longing and heartache, and also a reference to Petrarch and his love Laura. Why include these in the
sonnet if these exact aspects are the

Symbolism In Shakespearian Sonnet
We can find three major character in Shakespearian sonnet. The fair youth, the dark lady and the
poet himself. From sonnets 127–152 Shakespeare mention the dark. Though there is no specific
identity of the dark lady. Some critics said that maybe dark lady's name was Lucy Nego, or Mary
Fitton, or maybe Emilia Lanier. From sonnet 78–86 represents directly poet himself. In sonnet
129,135 & 136, Shakespeare strongly allude the relationship of Shakespeare with the dark lady. But
the relationship has no approval of the society.
SOME COVENTIONAL AND COMMANPLACE PARALLELS AND COMPARISM
The two main group of sonnets (1–126 and 127–154) discover a number of parallels, some of which
are merely conventional and commonplace. In two of the sonnets (46 & ... Show more content on
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In the initial 17 Sonnets Shakespeare has tended to he's companion as displaying a wonder which
ought to be viewed as a few things to kids and not of a remark lost really the 15 16 and 17 Sonnets
check a progress in the theam. In pieces 15 verse is offered as an option technique for guaranteeing
everlasting status for excellence of Shakespeare's companions; however in the following two work
16 and 17 verse is confessed to be a lacking alternative.And yet the poem 18 which takes after
strikes another note of self–assurance when Shakespeare says that, insofar as men can inhale or eyes
can see, so long would his work live and keeps his Friend's childhood and magnificence alive and
new. Also, in the Sonne 19 which takes after Shakespeare a greater amount of the marriage which
Shakespeare had started encouraging as a methods for accomplishing everlasting status in the prior
sonnets.Here in work 19 , Shakespeare hurls a test at time ,and says that his adoration for his
companion would live in his Sonnets for ever youthful. Shakespeare's own enthusiasm for his
companion in this way settled is imperative if his non–physical association with his companion is to
be separated from his physical energy for the dull woman.
THE RELATION BETWEEN APPEARANCE AND REALITY
The connection between appearance and the truth is another remarkable

Love Sonnets In Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 By William...
Sonnets written in Elizabethan England were usually after Petrarch's works. Petrarch was a man
who was in love with a girl name Laura de Noves. He wrote 366 poems about his love for this
woman from the year 1327 all the way until 1368. His works were very stereotypical love poems
that included lines like, "She ruled in beauty o'er this heart of mine, / A noble lady in a humble
home, / And now her time for heavenly bliss has come, / Tis I am mortal proved, and she divine."
Petrarch wrote in such a way to charm a woman, as did many other writers of his time. However,
there is one writer who took a different approach when writing about the woman he admired. This
man considered on the greatest writers in the English language; William Shakespeare's "Sonnet 130"
is a reverse portrayal of Petrarch's ideas of a love sonnet and what it should be. Shakespeare's
"Sonnet 130" is often also referred to as "My mistress' eyes," which adds emphasis to the first line,
"My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun." As the opening line, this makes readers aware of what
they are about to encounter throughout the sonnet. In this work Shakespeare is simply mocking the
work of writers like Petrarch, and we as readers love it. Metaphors making comparisons to nature
are often used to show the beauty of something when writing. William Shakespeare's "Sonnet 130,"
makes the same comparisons, however he makes the metaphors in favor of the natural features
rather than his mistress. Shakespeare isn't being rude to his mistress by doing so; he is taking things
at face value and being blatantly honest. The sonnet has been included below for easier comparison.
Notice that each negative metaphor in the first part of the sonnet takes up only one line, and does not
rhyme. Later in the poem Shakespeare expands the comparisons to two lines. This has multiple
effects on the poem such as allowing it to expand. By allowing expansion, the sonnet is prevented
from being stagnant. Although Shakespeare was mocking other writer's forms of love poems, I feel
that he had a much deeper and more meaningful purpose to his sardonic writing. Shakespeare
wanted to show that women can be beautiful without having cheeks as red as rose, or eyes

Sonnet 138 Shakespeare
Author Background:
William Shakespeare was (allegedly) an English poet and playwright, and he is still among the most
well–known playwrights nearly half a millennium later. In addition to his plays, he is also credited
for the creation of the Shakespearean Sonnet. Published in 1609, "Shakespeare's Sonnets" is a
compilation of 154 of his sonnets. It is often speculated that the sonnets are most prominently
divided into two sections: Sonnets 1–126, which detail a relationship with a young man, and
Sonnets 127, which relate to a relationship with a woman. "When my love swears she is made of
truth" is Sonnet 138, which explains the nature of the sonnet describing his relationship with another
woman.
Paraphrase:
When my mistress swears that she is being honest, I believe her even though I know she is lying, so
that she thinks that I am young and naive, unaware of the deceit in this world. I fool myself into
believing that she thinks I am young, although she knows I am far from my youthful years.
Foolishly I credit the lies that she tells me, and to each other we withhold the simple truth. Why
doesn't she tell me that she is unfaithful? And why don't I tell her that I am old? Because love's best
quality is the false pretense of trust, and those who are old and in love don't like to be reminded of
their age. And so I lie to her and she lies to me, and through our lies we flatter each other and forget
our faults.
Imagery:
Although this poem does not have much tangible imagery,

The Sonnets Of Shakespeare 's Sonnets
There are 154 sonnets Shakespeare wrote, though it is popularly theorized that he himself did not
publish them; they were published by a man named Thomas Thorpe, who is said to have stolen the
sonnets. This explains the unrefined lines found in several of the sonnets. More evidence for this
theory stems from the idea that Shakespeare's heterosexuality had to be proven by publishing the
sonnets and claiming that each one about romance was written for or about women. It is not known
what Shakespeare's true sexuality was, though in his time being homosexual was viewed as a grave
sin and would have wiped Shakespeare's name from fame. Ernest Sutherland Bates says in his
publication The Sincerity of Shakespeare's Sonnets, "The criterion of ... Show more content on
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Many of the sonnets are romantic, with more than half appearing to be written about a romance with
a young man, and the rest are written about a woman referred to often as the Dark Lady. This paper
will be concerned with Sonnet 7.
Shakespeare's Sonnet 7 strays from the main theme of love and romance, as it is mainly about youth
turning into old age. The first four are as follows: "Lo! in the orient when the gracious light / Lifts
up his burning head, each under eye / Doth homage to his new–appearing sight / Serving with looks
his sacred majesty." Already the theme of youth fleeing into old age can be seen; the "gracious light"
refers to the sun, which rises in the east and sets in the west. The "orient" refers to the East, and so
this line depicts someone young. This is reinforced by the phrase "lifts up his burning head" in the
second line, as it characterizes the sun as just rising up over the horizon, burning bright and full of
energy for the day ahead. In the third line, "his new–appearing sight," also reinforces this imagery of
the sun rising each day. The final line in this rhyme pattern implies that others look at the young
man with respect, as shown by the words "his sacred majesty." There has always been a respect for
the willpower and determination of young people, and in writing, art, and theatre the young are
often

Meaning Of Sonnet 116
CHANGING CONCEPT OF LOVE FROM SHAKESPEARE TO ELIZABETHAN
REFRENCES: * SONNET 116 BY SHAKESPEARE. * WHEN YOU ARE OLD BY W.B YEATS.
Shakespeare: William Shakespeare was an English poet,playwright and actor,widely regarded as the
greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre–eminent dramatist. Sonnets were the last
of Shakespeare's non dramatic works to be printed. Period was English renaissance.
W.B YEATS
W.B yeats was an irish poet and one foremost figures of the 20th century. He was a symbolist poet,
in that he used allusive imagery and symbolism structures throughout his career.
THEME
SONNET 116: In this sonnet,the theme is the poem.Shakespeare presents an argument,forcing ...
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Love doesn't alter with the brief hours and weeks. Acc. to Shakespeare, this would be a strong oath
for Shakespeare who was incredibly prolific writer, and certainly men have loved. Mainly
Shakespeare is trying to answer the universal question. "what is love".Acc. to Shakespeare true love
should be loyal to each other, should never admit or allow anything to hinder their love or come
between them.whatever the situation is, true love love cant be changed for each other.whether its
spiritual, mental or physical change, those who love each other,they don't change their minds about
each other.true love is defined as the adherence of two hearts, even if the person becomes more
distant,true love remains the same and eternal.shakespeare express that in order of succession, their
comes a lot of physical changes in beauty, but the true love doesn't change with the beauty, time is
personified in this poem and Shakespeare only believes in inner

The Importance Of A Sonnets
Wednesday, 4th February 2015
Dear Young Poet,
I am writing this letter to you to as I have heard that you have decided to write a sonnet using all of
the techniques that are required to create a successful and meaningful sonnet. I am also writing this
letter to you to explain the significance of a sonnet. To explain this to you, I will be using the
example of an Shakespearean sonnet, which is the most simple and flexible form of all the sonnets,
to tell you why sonnets are important and why they need to be written. The Shakespearean sonnet
that I will be talking about is Sonnet 18, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?", by William
Shakespeare. This sonnet is one of his most famous sonnets and is very straightforward in the
language and ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Each quatrain is used to develop a sequence of metaphors or ideas. The couplets are used to
summarise the sonnet or is a new take on the foregoing ideas and images. Most of Shakespearean
sonnets focus on the theme of love, beauty and worthiness. Sonnet 18's theme focused on the
stability of love and its power to immortalize the subject about whom the poet was writing. The
rhyming couplets in this poem helps redefine the whole poem and also sums it up. It states that the
poet believes that as long as there is breath in mankind, his poetry too will live on and that the
person that is described in the poem will remain immortal. In Sonnet 18, each line is end–stopped
and self–contained; there is punctuation at the end of each line, which creates a pause. All of the
lines between one to nine are comparing a man to the summer's day as the first line, "Shall I
compare thee to a summer's day?", helps define the comparisons that are written later on in the
poem (the main axis of comparison). From the ninth line of the poem, the volta takes place and
Shakespeare switches from describing a man with the summer day to describing the immortality of
his beloved. He has metamorphosed into the standard of how true beauty should be defined in the
sestet. Shakespearean sonnets usually have a lot of alliteration and assonance but Sonnet 18 isn't
heavy with alliteration and assonances and the language is

Sonnet
The Spenserian Sonnet was named for Edmund Spenser 1552–1599, a 16th century English Poet.
The Spenserian Sonnet inherited the tradition of the declamatory couplet of Wyatt / Surrey although
Spenser used Sicilian quatrains to develop a metaphor, conflict, idea or question logically, with the
declamatory couplet resolving it.
Beyond the prerequisite for all sonnets, the defining features of the Spenserian Sonnet are: a
quatorzain made up of 3 Sicilian quatrains (4 lines alternating rhyme) and ending in a rhyming
couplet metric, primarily iambic pentameter. rhymed, rhyme scheme ababbcbccdcdee. composed
with a volta (a non physical gap) or pivot (a shifting or tilting of the main line of thought) sometime
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Thus, while the sonnet finally celebrates America 's victory on Manila bay, that extreme joy is yet
destroyed by the first eight verses that shows our fighting spirit though our troubled history has only
lacked its brightness(dimmed).
Perhaps, it should have been sunset over Manila bay because foreigners often enjoy its view during
sunset, but the poet chose moonlight, not because it is more romantic(dramatic effect) but because,
as the poem suggests, it is under cover of darkness – that foreigners stole our country from us –
"The deep 's bare bosom that the breeze molests" is a metaphor for American colonization.
So in our reading now, we understand that Maramag 's insistence on our own "scene so fair" in fact
becomes a chief motive and inspiration for the Filipino poet. For his own scene is nothing less than
his lost country whose physical and spiritual geography it is his task to imagine and so rediscover.
There is still hope to heal all the wounds
A literary technique (also known as literary device) is any method an author uses to convey their
message.[1] This distinguishes them from literary elements, which exist inherently in literature.
Literary techniques pertaining to setting[edit]
Name

Theme Of Sonnet 55
"Sonnet 55" was written by William Shakespeare and can be found in the textbook on page 892.
Everyone wants to be remembered for something one way or another, and in Sonnet 55 Shakespeare
alludes to this. The theme of immortality is evident throughout the entire sonnet, and Shakespeare
does not stray away from it at all. Shakespeare's tone in the first quatrain of this sonnet comes off as
a bit arrogant, but it is necessary to get his point across. His tone then shifts to being negative, but
quickly becomes much more uplifting from the third quatrain until the end of the sonnet. Imagery of
decay and destruction are also used in this sonnet to support the points that Shakespeare wants to
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On the other hand, it can be argued that Shakespeare is talking about how war causes the death of a
culture, which leads to changes and people being forgotten (Shmoop Editorial Team, 2008). "When
wasteful war shall statues overturn"(5) is an example of alliteration used to help the beginning of
this quatrain flow smoothly. Shakespeare uses personification to drive home the fact that death and
fire cannot destroy ones "living memory"(8) that resides in the lines of his sonnet: "Nor Mars his
sword nor war's quick fire shall burn/the living record of your memory"(7–8). Shakespeare deviates
from decay and destruction in the third quatrain to bring the theme of immortality back to the
forefront. His tone begins to sound more uplifting when talking about going against death: "'Gainst
death and all–oblivious enmity/Shall you pace forth; your praise shall still find room"(9–10). In
saying this, Shakespeare wants the readers to know that death is not concerned with who is going
against it, so if this sonnet marches forward though history the prince will always be praised. His
arrogance in this poem briefly shows itself again in this quatrain: "your praise shall still find
room/even in the eyes of all posterity/That wear this world out to the ending doom"(10–12). In

Romanticism In Sonnet 20
Love is a common and frequent topic in the works of Renaissance poets, who followed the
Petrarchan tradition of celebrating love to an unattainable beautiful mistress: up to William
Shakespeare, all male sonneteers were structuring their poems around the image of a fair wealthy
court lady. Shakespeare does not adapt his works to the established standard, but adjusts the very
standard to his own needs, or as Sasha Roberts puts it, the poet writes against tradition (172).
Basically, in his sonnets, William Shakespeare revolutionises the unwritten rules of the Petrarchan
ideal of sonnet writing by modifying the category of love objects. This essay will focus on three
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So, the fair youth 'steals' also the most important traits from the classical image of the female
beloved in the Petrarchan tradition, embodying in such a way an ideal of a beloved and, naturally,
taking over the central position in the sonnets. This assumption of the utmost importance of the
image of the young man for Shakespeare's sonnet sequence resonates in Clarke's "Love, Beauty, and
Sexuality", where she mentions that in the sequence, "the primary love–object is the young man"
(197). As an embodied perfection placed in the centre of the collection of love poems, the image of
the fair youth cannot stay unequivocal: at least two literary critics mentioned in this essay have
different viewpoints on the issue of the uniqueness of this male beloved. For example, Douglas
Trevor argues that it is William Shakespeare who introduces the image into the sonnet tradition.
Contrastingly, Sasha Roberts counters this theory by claiming that "Shake–speares Sonnets was not
the first sonnet sequence to celebrate male beauty" (176). Taking into consideration both
approaches, it is quite legitimate to acknowledge if not the uniqueness but at least the rarity of the
unattainable male love object in the sonnet writing

John Milton Sonnet
The sonnet "When I Consider How My Light Is Spent" by John Milton was written between 1608–
1674 in England. The English poet John Milton was a Puritan in England who eventually became
completely blind. In the sonnet the first eight lines, or the octave, the tone is concerned, frustration,
and desperate because his incapability of serving God successfully; while the last six lines, the
sestet, switches to a resolved and hopeful tone. The theme of the sonnet is finding meaning in the
world or in the sonnet "They also serve who only stand and wait" (14). In the sonnet Milton writes
about his blindness and doesn't understand how can use his talent of being a poet to serve God
without his sight. In the octave of the sonnet, he begins by thinking about how his sight was spent
before he went blind, also how half his life on earth he is in the dark. He wants to serve God as best
he can but still can't figure out how without his eyesight. He begins to question God as to whether
God demands physical work when they don't have any light. Then in the sestet he is told that God is
like a king and does not need anything from humans and has thousands of angels at his service.
They move quickly over land and water, never resting. In the last line of the sonnet, he reflects that
even with his disability he has a place in the world. This poem is written in Italian sonnet form.
Which is divided up into two sections, octave, and sestet. The first section is about what the writer
was thinking

Analysis Of Sonnet 130
NaiLysse Stratton
Dr. Harper English 102
December 2, 2017
My Mistress' Eyes Are nothing like the Sun
Analysis
William Shakespeare's Sonnet 130, also known from its first line as "My Mistress' Eyes Are Nothing
Like the Sun", is a fourteen–line poem in which an unnamed male speaker describes various aspects
of his mistress.Sonnet 130 is often taken as a satire of the type of courtly love poetry that was so
popular in the late sixteenth century. This is because it draws conclusions that are diametrically
opposed to those other pieces of poetry. The Sonnet itself consists of three quatrains and a final
rhyming couplet. In these quatrains, the poet compares his nameless mistress to various things such
as the light of the sun, to perfume, to music, and to a goddess. Each time the poet points out that his
mistress cannot compare to these wonders simply because they are entirely different. Instead, the
speakertakes pains to describe what his mistress is really like. These comparisons are quite
humorous. But is Sonnet 130 meant to be simply satirical? This paper will explore whether this is
the case.
In the main, most scholars tend to consider Sonnet 130 to be an example of Shakespeare mocking
other examples of courtly love poems in this era. They often point to the works of writers such
Thomas Watson, Michael Drayton, and Barnabe Barnes. (Atkins, 323) These authors are now
obscure to us, but all tended to write flowery poetry where a speaker describes his mistress or lover
by comparing her to the greatest beauties of the natural world. The speaker then concludes that his
beloved is the equivalent of these wonders. This type of poetry had become so common in
Shakespeare's day that the genre itself became open to ridicule. (Mowat and Werstine, 280) Sonnet
130, therefore, is just one example. Instead of being enthralled with his beloved on a superficial,
physical level, the speaker is cognizant enough to recognize that she is not equal to the physical
beauties of the world. No, the speaker says, "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun." Even more
cheekily, the speaker later says "And in some perfumes is there more delight / Than in the breath
that from my mistress reeks." This makes those other love poems – and

Shakespeare Sonnet Analysis
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Vampirism isn't exclusively about vampires; it's about selfishness and exploitation as well. (16)
While writers typically use ghosts, vampires, and werewolves as a cheap thrill, they could
symbolize many aspects of reality. (17)
It can show how someone grows in strength by weakening someone else. (22)
Use other people to get what one desires. (22)
Place one's desires above someone else's needs. (22)
The story of a vampire usually follows a cycle: a corrupt, old fashioned figure strips a young,
virginal female of her youth and virtue which strengthens the life force of the old male, thus causing
the decay of the woman. (19)
Chapter 4 – If It's Square, It's a Sonnet (**online chapter, so no page numbers**)
A sonnet can charm readers by its form, such as imagery, language, style, and wordplay.
A sonnet must be closely related but requires a certain shift taking place as well.
Most sonnets have two parts: one of 8 lines and the other has 6.
Petrarchan sonnet intertwines two rhyme schemes: the octave and the sestet.
Shakespearean sonnet divides the 14 total lines by 3 groups of 4 (the quatrains), and the last 2 being
a couplet.
The basic pattern for a sonnet is 8/6.
Poems require lines and stanzas, so it explains why a poem is structured in lines, but written in
sentences.
Form (aka: shape) might have its own significance; some authors prefer sonnets over poems that
requires everything to be perfect.
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