Sonnet 138 In sonnet 138‚ the poem uses ambiguous dictation (when both meanings of a word make sense). In order to understand the poem we have to base it on our own experiences and interpretations. The poem lets us know that both lovers lie to one another but in different ways. They both lie to each other ‚ they know it but don’t want to accept it or believe. Throughout the poem we see double meaning of "lies". Shakespeare is attentive that his love is not a
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Love Prevails “Idea: Sonnet 61” by Michael Drayton is a fourteen line Petrarchan sonnet that dramatizes the conflicting emotions that arise from an intimate relationship coming to an abrupt end. After analyzing and doing several closer readings‚ I learned that “Idea: Sonnet 61” is actually about the poet’s own conflicting emotions and feelings from a harsh break up. However‚ it was no ordinary and flippant relationship. It was a serious relationship that involved great amounts of passion that
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the English Sonnet or The Corruption of the Italian Sonnet Petrarch (Francesco Petrarcha) (1304-1374): The Petrarchan Sonnet Background: • Wrote a collection called variously Canzoniere (canzone means song)‚ Rerum vulgarium fragmenta (Fragments of vernacular things)‚ or Rime Sparse (Scattered Rhymes) • Considered the Father of the sonnet‚ from Ital. sonetto‚ meaning a little song or sound • Wrote a volume containing 366 poems in the Tuscan vernacular; 317 of which are sonnets • Divided
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to believe that the true love exits. Fairy-tales invest the value of love into child heart from the early beginning. Later‚ reading different poems‚ stories‚ novels create our own imagination about it. According to Sonnet 18‚ “You are more lovely and more constant” describes that people experience true love. They also can be inspired by it to create something great like Sonnet 18. To be faithful and truthful is not easy in our life. Due to losing the meaning of real love or being selfish‚ not all
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Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day main theme Shakespeare asks‚ Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? in his famous love poem. In Sonnet 18 he praises his lover’s beauty in such an astonishing way that makes you want to be the person he is in love with. On the other hand he is aware of the fact that beauty is not everlasting and he is bewildered by the idea. So he tries to find a way to make her beauty eternal and resolves in dedicating this poem to her. Therefore the main theme in the
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A Close Reading Essay of the Poem: “Mail Call” By Randall Jarrell In Randall Jarrell’s poem; “Hope”‚ the poem reads‚ “The spirit killeth‚ but the letter giveth life” (1). A letter maybe only words and thoughts on a piece of paper to some but to others: like the soldiers in “Mail Call‚ a letter is a sense of hope but only if the letter contains something good. In the poem‚ “Hope”‚ Randall Jarrell tells how one goes about living their life day by day‚ never changing. He refers to week as a hand
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In "Cousin Kate"‚ Rossetti gives messages about an abuse of power. The "Lord" "lured" the narrator to his "palace home". The word "lured" is very ominous and enforces the idea that he is a figure with authority. He manages to seduce the narrator with his flattery‚ and then enthrals her like a predator with his prey. The Lord has a high social standing which explains how he "wore" the "cottage maiden" like a "silken knot". The narrator felt inferior to the Lord‚ therefore she allows him to abuse her
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Sonnet 14 If thou must love me‚ let it be for nought Except for love’s sake only. Do not say ’I love her for her smile—her look—her way Of speaking gently‚—for a trick of thought That falls in well with mine‚ and certes¹ brought A sense of pleasant ease on such a day’— For these things in themselves‚ Beloved‚ may Be changed‚ or change for thee‚—and love‚ so wrought‚ May be unwrought so. Neither love me for Thine own dear pity’s wiping my cheeks dry‚— A creature might forget to weep‚ who
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Analysis of Sonnet 29 Sonnet 29 is a poem written by Edna St Vincent Millay. It shows that the poet realizes that the one she loves did not love her long enough. Throughout the entire poem‚ she employs metaphors in order to connect the ideas with the message of suffering love causes. Edna St Vincent echoes “Pity me not” in the sonnet because it highlights the reader should not feel guilty about anything that goes wrong with her. As in the first six verses she talks about how nature also deteriorates
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