sonnet 106
Sonnet 106: When in the chronicle of wasted time…
In the analysis of this sonnet we see the normal sonnet structure for Shakespearean sonnets. Each sonnet is composed of three quatrains and one couplet. A quatrain in poetry is four lines and a couplet is two lines which has the Volta in it. The Volta is a turn or shift in the meaning of the poem. The rhyme scheme of this sonnet like any other sonnet that we find is ABAB…GG. Sonnet 106 is one of the 154 sonnets that is directed towards youth. The meter of this sonnet is iambic pentameter which is a common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable. (dictionary.com) Shakespeare surveys historical time in order to compare the youth's beauty to that depicted in art from earlier centuries.
In the first quatrain is “When in the chronicle of wasted time/I see descriptions of the fairest wights, /And beauty making beautiful old rhyme/ In praise of ladies dead and of lovely knights,” Shakespeare talks about how women had influence poetry back in the day. When Shakespeare said “I see descriptions of the fairest wights” he talks about how beautiful the women where. Also “And beauty making beautiful old rhyme” that’s saying that these women’s beauty has inspired the poetry we see around us. This idea of women influences on poetry leads into our next quatrain
The second quatrain is “Then in the blazon of sweet beauty’s best, /of hand, of foot, of lip, of brow, / I see their antique pen would have express’d/ even such beauty as you master now.” This quatrain is trying to describe how ancient poets would describe women in their poetry. “of hand, of foot, of lip, of brow” this line tries to show the imagery of a woman’s hands, feet, lips and forehead. The last two lines “I see their antique pen would have express’d/ even such beauty as you master now.” What this means is that past writers tried to describe the
In the analysis of this sonnet we see the normal sonnet structure for Shakespearean sonnets. Each sonnet is composed of three quatrains and one couplet. A quatrain in poetry is four lines and a couplet is two lines which has the Volta in it. The Volta is a turn or shift in the meaning of the poem. The rhyme scheme of this sonnet like any other sonnet that we find is ABAB…GG. Sonnet 106 is one of the 154 sonnets that is directed towards youth. The meter of this sonnet is iambic pentameter which is a common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable. (dictionary.com) Shakespeare surveys historical time in order to compare the youth's beauty to that depicted in art from earlier centuries.
In the first quatrain is “When in the chronicle of wasted time/I see descriptions of the fairest wights, /And beauty making beautiful old rhyme/ In praise of ladies dead and of lovely knights,” Shakespeare talks about how women had influence poetry back in the day. When Shakespeare said “I see descriptions of the fairest wights” he talks about how beautiful the women where. Also “And beauty making beautiful old rhyme” that’s saying that these women’s beauty has inspired the poetry we see around us. This idea of women influences on poetry leads into our next quatrain
The second quatrain is “Then in the blazon of sweet beauty’s best, /of hand, of foot, of lip, of brow, / I see their antique pen would have express’d/ even such beauty as you master now.” This quatrain is trying to describe how ancient poets would describe women in their poetry. “of hand, of foot, of lip, of brow” this line tries to show the imagery of a woman’s hands, feet, lips and forehead. The last two lines “I see their antique pen would have express’d/ even such beauty as you master now.” What this means is that past writers tried to describe the