Sonnet 33 Analysis Essay

Sonnet 33 by William Shakespeare, expresses the love that poet has for his lover or son. The poem follows the conventional English sonnet format with a rhyme scheme of abab, cdcd, efef, gg. The poem contains three quatrains and one couplet. How does the poet’s image of alchemy contribute to love and the motif of gold coinage and valuation? The poet begins by talking about his experiences of many beautiful sun rises. The sun could be looked at in two different ways. The “sun” in the poem suggests that the poet is talking about his lover. “Even so my sun one early morn did shine” (line 9) “my sun” indicates that there is close relationship, and it is the poet’s lover. Also, “my sun” can be a pun and indicates that poet is talking about his son. The sun represents
The image of streams with heavenly alchemy implies wealth. The streams are flowing with gold. The poet then dotes on his lover or son flaunting on his perfection and his beauty. He creates a beautiful setting by using the beauty of nature as a figure of human emotion. “Full many a glorious morning have I seen/Flatter the mountain tops with sovereign eye"(lines 1-2). The sun here is being compared to by a king; "sovereign eye" suggest that the sun sees everything. It is a powerful entity like a king. The term “flattering” in terms of the morning sun made the mountains appear more brilliant than they were. The poet uses the terms "flatter and "sovereign" to describe the sun. He uses the word "flatter" in terms that someone or something is deceitful. He uses sovereign to allude to someone that he respects, a hierarchy or aristocrat. The sun is personified the golden rays and kisses the meadow making them brilliantly green. The allusion of "alchemy" and 'flatter" are two deceitful terms. Alchemy in this context could be thought of as trickery, and it could describe the stealing by the lover or son that the poet has