Sonnet 129 Figurative Language
In Sonnet 129 by William Shakespeare, the speaker emphasizes his regret and hatred to performing in shameful sexual acts because of lust. William Shakespeare highlights through his use of figurative language and choppy punctuation, to expose the awful consequences of succumbing to sexual temptations and the dreadful scarring result it has on man. Lust is to have a very strong sexual desire for someone and is seen as a sin. Oddly, Shakespeare starts his sonnet but using the technique of conceit to put lust in the form of a person. He gives lust human characteristics such as: "perjured, murd'rous, bloody, full of blame, savage, extreme, rude cruel, not to trust..." (Lines 3-4). Giving lust these qualities that can only be used to describe