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    Holy Sonnet 10 Tone

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    The words “Death‚ be not proud” open John Donne’s Holy Sonnet 10‚ setting the tone‚ as the narrator addresses death himself. Donne‚ inspired by his experiences with religion‚ wrote a collection of poems known as “The Divine poems‚” in which he establishes a connection between the narrator‚ and God. Holy Sonnet 10 is unique in that‚ the narrator addresses not God‚ but Death. As explored by both Joanne Woolway and Roberta J. Albrecht‚ Donne employs masterful use of apostrophe to address death‚ stylized

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    Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806-1861 The poet begins by saying “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways‚” by which she starts off with a rhetorical question‚ because there is no ‘reason’ for love. Rather than using “why” she enforces this meaning. But then she goes on saying that she will count the ways‚ which is a contradiction against her first line. In the rest of the poem she is explaining how much she loves. In the second line she says “I love thee to the depth & breath &

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    Sonnet 130 (Poem Summary)

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    Sonnet 130 William Shakespeare is known for writing love poetry. Many individuals are familiar with “Sonnet 18‚” which begins "Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day." In this poetic work‚ he describes his lover in glowing terms. However‚ in “Sonnet 130‚” Shakespeare illustrates a more realistic view of love. Although this poem may not seem as romantic as his other works‚ it illustrates how love blossoms even if the significant other is not physically attractive. The first three lines of the

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    Edmund Spenser's Sonnet 75

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    Analysis of Edmund Spenser’s Sonnet 75 This poem is one of the eighty-nine sonnets that Edmund Spenser wrote about his courtship and marriage with Elizabeth Boyle. By reading through some of them we can get a clear picture of what was their relationship like and how Spenser could put into verse his deep emotions that he cherished towards his wife. In this essay I will analyse this sonnet by examinig and interpreting its formal and contextual structure. First of all‚ I will analyse the formal structure

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    Contrast Paragraph‚ “Sonnet 18” and “Sonnet 30” “Sonnet 18” by William Shakespeare and “Sonnet 30” by Edna St. Vincent Millay have similarities and a variety differences which make them very intriguing and appealing to the reader. First‚ the rhyme scheme of “Sonnet 18” and “Sonnet 30” are alike since their pattern is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG‚ as demonstrated in “day‚ temperate‚ May‚ date” in “Sonnet 18”; and “drink‚ rain‚ sink‚ again” in “Sonnet 30”. Due to this pattern‚ “Sonnet 18” and “Sonnet 30” are denominated

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    expressing your love to someone‚ through a sonnet. A sonnet is a fourteen line poem using a formal rhyme scheme. William Shakespeare was an English poet‚ playwright‚ and actor widely recognized. One of his most famous works is the 154 Sonnets. These sonnets are about passage of time‚ love‚ beauty‚ and mortality. In the sonnets his view of love is different. In sonnet 118 he is talking about his waywardness and unfaithfulness. William Shakespeare’s view of love in sonnet 118 is uncontrollable. He explains

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    perspective of the author who was sent in for the battle of the bulge and witnessed the bombing of Dresden. The author had many experiences from which he had with world war II‚ he shows  what happened and could have been his thoughts throughout the narrator Billy Pilgrim.  First‚ Slaughterhouse five says different themes and how they relate to war. Secondly‚ there’s many events from when the author Kurt Vonnegut’s life that made him feel this way about the war. Lastly‚ and the attitude of Vonnegut  towards

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    Critique of Sonnet 138 Sonnet 138 is a sonnet written by William Shakespeare in 1599. There is only record of Shakespeare writing 154 sonnets in his lifetime. Lines one through twelve are written in ABAB rhyme scheme and the rhyme scheme changes in lines thirteen and fourteen where it is GG. The whole thing is in iambic pentameter. Shakespeare uses a lot of personification and connotation to tell a hidden story within this poem. Shakespeare’s Sonnet 138 can be put in much simpler terms. In Sonnet 138

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    Analysis of Sonnet 43 Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote Sonnet 43 during the prime of the Victorian Period‚ which lasted the duration of Queen Victoria’s throne between 1832 and 1901. Like some of the works during the Victorian period‚ Sonnet 43 was a reflective piece about the love of her life‚ Robert Browning. Elizabeth Browning showed this reflection by answering her own posing question‚ “How do I love thee?” William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 30 however‚ was written during the reign of Queen Elizabeth

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    the tradition of the poet Petrarch‚ whose sonnets dealt with a wooing male lover. Petrarch arranged his sonnets into ‘sonnet consequences’ or ‘sonnet cycles’‚ in which series of sonnets were linked together by a common theme based on the various aspects of the lover’s relationship. Spencer also arranged his ‘Amoretti’ in ‘sonnet sequences’. Spencer himself evolved his own structure for the English sonnet which has come to be known as the Spenserian sonnet. It had the same three quatrains but with

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