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    Astrophil and Stella Sonnets

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    Sonnets 1-31 1. The author opens this first sonnet by explaining his motivation for composing the sonnet sequence. He believes that if his love were to read the sonnets‚ she would eventually return his affection. He argues that her pleasure in his pain would cause her to read his sonnets‚ and her reading of the sonnets would allow her to know the extent of his affection‚ which might make her pity the author’s situation-and this pity may transform into grace and love. The author also describes his

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    BY SIR PHILIP SIDNEY Astrophil and StellaSonnet 39 Come Sleep! O Sleep‚ the certain knot of peace‚ The baiting-place of wit‚ the balm of woe‚ The poor man’s wealth‚ the prisoner’s release‚ Th’ indifferent judge between the high and low. With shield of proof shield me from out the prease Of those fierce darts despair at me doth throw: O make in me those civil wars to cease; I will good tribute pay‚ if thou do so. Take thou of me smooth pillows‚ sweetest bed‚ A chamber deaf to

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    Astrophil and Stella

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    Sidney In his sonnet‚ “Astrophil and Stella”‚ Sir Phillip Sidney attempts to break free of the conventional displays of love while still maintaining a conventional sonnet form to represent that love does not follow any “rules”. The poem itself is a metaphor of love‚ infused with drama and passion that ultimately ruins the relationship. However‚ to stay within the confines of a sonnet from allows love‚ an uncontrollable force‚ to be controlled. Sidney wants to follow the form of a sonnet‚ but he makes

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    Burkovics English Literature and Culture I Noémi Najbauer 14 03 2009 Astrophil and Stella - Sonnet 1 Sir Philip Sydney was one of the greatest poets of the Elizabethan age. Astrophil and Stella‚ the first sonnet of the Astrophil and Stella sequence‚ which containes 108 sonnets and 11 songs‚ was written in the 1580s. The word ‘‘sonnet’’ comes from the Italian ‘‘sonetto’’ word‚ which means little song. As a genre‚ sonnet can be defined as a fourteen-lined lyric poem‚ written in iambic pentameter

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    man that he must perceive these things‚ and that his love must be strengthened by the knowledge that he will soon be parted from the speaker when the speaker‚ like the fire‚ is extinguished by time. Commentary Sonnet 73 takes up one of the most pressing issues of the first 126 sonnets‚ the speaker’s anxieties regarding what he perceives to be his advanced age‚ and develops the theme through a sequence of metaphors each implying something different. The first quatrain‚ which employs the metaphor

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    The Strange Thing Called Love Despite the complexity of the sonnets that William Shakespeare and Sir Philip Sidney create‚ one is left with a feeling of total admiration for the rich language in each poem that forces its reader to pay very close attention to detail. The sonnets differ in the focus of metaphors for love and how this passion affects the poets; however‚ both of the poems intrigue their audience through their integration of ornate imagery in their portrayal of beauty and love. There

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    Stella McCartney

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    Stella McCartney 1. Stella McCartney is a long-life vegetarian and an animal rights activist‚ which is evident in her designs as she does not use any leather or fur in her designs. Stella’s style is elegant and feminine‚ but her style also involves power dressing‚ with womens suits‚ stiff jackets and feminine lingerie. Her designs focus heavily on emphasising strong prints such as leopard and floral. There is a feminine‚ schoolgirl touch to her designs‚ as she includes loveheart prints and lips

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    60-72 Months

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    physical conditions were unable to meet the need of such a high number of students whose age was between 60 and 80 months. After the schooling age was rearranged as 60-72 months at the very beginning‚ the number of first graders were supposed to be twice as high as the previous years. This is because both the 60-72 months (new system) and 72-84 months (old system) participated in education altogether as first-graders in the 2012-2013 academic year. The number of the students was estimated to be around

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    Sidney’s Astrophel and Stella Arguably‚ the most vital aspect of Sir Phillip Sidney’s Astrophel and Stella is the initial sonnet that begets this lengthy work. There are several different facets of this particular poem within this longer work that make it highly important to the interpretation to the rest of it. Moreover‚ the author is able to employ a lengthy metaphor within this first poem that helps to account for the diffuse nature of the complete work. An analysis of this first poem reveals

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    STELLA STREET How do narrative strategies of point of view/focalisation‚ reader positioning and closure work together to produce the class politics encoded in 45 & 47 Stella Street? The story of 45 & 47 Stella Street and everything that happened (Honey‚ E 2000) is written from a first person narrative perspective. This is evident from page 5 of the book when the narrator‚ Henni introduces herself to the reader and does not from change from Henni to another narrator throughout the text. The

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