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    An Analysis of Sonnet 130

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    An Analysis of Sonnet 130 Rhythm Iambic Pentameter: The poem uses an iambic pentameter‚ a rhythmic scheme used in sonnets. The rhyme scheme is ABABCDCDEFEF GG‚ and is split into three quatrains and a rhyming couplet. It contains 10 syllables per line‚ with syllables alternating between unstressed and stressed when spoken aloud. This gives the sonnet the effect of sounding like a regular love poem‚ but upon closer examination of the words used we can tell that the poem and its intentions are completely

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    Shakespeare's Sonnet 116

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    Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116 I chose this poem somewhat at random since I felt that the main point of this assignment was to read a poem and interpret it for ourselves with no influence from others. I think the most disputable‚ if not confusing‚ aspect of this poem to me was whom it was addressed to. It sounded to me like it was either self-reflection about what love is‚ or perhaps more likely advice to another person about love. I would like to discuss the structure of the poem for just

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    analysis of sonnet 18

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    Theme Although the most obvious theme in most of the Shakespearian sonnets‚ including this one‚ is love‚ there is always an underlying theme. In this poem‚ it is time; immortality and the transience of beauty. The speaker mentions numerous times throughout the poem that “every fair from fair sometime declines” be it that of nature‚ “summer’s lease hath all too short a date” and eventually Autumn begins in which the leaves shrivel and die‚ or that of the subject. From the third quatrain onwards‚

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    Billy Frank Monologue

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    startling realization that we all at one point come to. I was going to die someday. It could be tomorrow‚ or thirty years from now‚ but my life‚ like everything else‚ was inevitably going to end. How did I reach this jarring conclusion? His name was Billy‚ and his life was short. I didn’t know his last name. I doubt he even had one. Of the forty two days on his journey aboard the Greyhound‚ I had only spoken to him twice. He was younger than I was‚ no more than fifteen‚ without a stubble on his chin

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    a  particular type of person or thing.” For example‚ the stereotype of the woman as the carer. Gender Stereotypes - Billy Elliot • Scene 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyLJCNyRov0&list=PL63734261305C 0452&src_vid=69RNNex-sig&feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_9 12565 • Scene 2 http ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmgV3OFn0aE&index=4&list=PL637342 61305C0452 What emotions did Billy portray in the two scenes? Billy’s emotions Write a letter to Billy’s dad discussing his passion for dancing and how

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    Sonnet 18 Diction

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    William Shakespeare’s use of language in Sonnet 18 establishes an endearing tone in the poem. Firstly‚ the author uses diction in the text to support this tone of endearingness. For example‚ “But thy eternal summer shall not fade”(9). This entails that he is showing love and saying she is eternal‚ neverending‚ unlike summer. His word choice is enforcing the loving tone of the text. The phrase “shall not fade” further nailing in the idea of eternal love. Secondly‚ William Shakespeare uses specific

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    Isolation In Billy Prior

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    Isolation was a feeling that was often rare for rank officers to experience and if they did the emotion was never shown. Billy Prior experienced and felt isolation and the feeling of loneliness. Although Prior never directly say I’m lonely‚ Barker creates the opportunity to identify his feelings and link it with his actions‚ an example of this is when Prior and Sarah are out and he feels out of place. When he returns Rivers tells him that someone saw him without his hospital badge. His response was

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    Sonnet 19 Analysis

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    Abernathy British Literature‚ 4th Due: 23 April 2012 Time in “Sonnet 19” In the equation of life‚ Time has always been an independent variable. Time cannot be slowed‚ lengthened‚ nor controlled in any manner. However‚ Time has control over all things. Time leaves its mark everywhere; whether it is in nature with the seasons changing or the aging of an animal. How one accepts its results is one’s own choice. In William Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 19” Time is shown deteriorating the strongest beings in nature

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    Shakespeare Sonnet 18

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    Sonnet 18 Shakespeare’s sonnet 18 is a poem written to his beloved comparing him/her to a summer’s day. What was the purpose of this poem and what is its true meaning behind the obvious? What is he saying exactly? For me this is almost hieroglyphics seeing as it is in old English text but I will attempt to extract some of the true meaning and thoughts of this poem. Who speaks in this poem? Shakespeare was obviously quite fond of this person. I will attempt to explicate this poem. The writer

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    Sonnet 18 Analysis

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    Essay 1 “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day” a sonnet written by William Shakespeare is one of the most well known sonnets in the world. It is a rhyming fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter. Iambic pentameter means that there is a particular rhythm in a line or in a verse. It is broken up into small groups of syllables called “feet.” Iamb means that there is an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable. The root word “pent-“ has to do with the number five. So iambic

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