has its fair share of positive and negative outcomes‚ much like mortality itself.Immortality and mortality are similar in terms of one’s role on earth‚ and are different regarding afterlife and death‚ as shown by excerpts taken from Shakespeare’s Sonnet 12 and The Epic of Gilgamesh. The concept of living is shared between mortality and immortality‚ as they both allow individuals to experience the ups and downs that come with life. In the light of mortality‚ people begin
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Annotation John Donne’s Holy Sonnet IX Holy Sonnet IX If poisonous minerals‚ and if that tree‚ Whose fruit threw death on (else immortal) us‚ If lecherous goats‚ if serpents envious Cannot be dammed‚ alas ! why should I be ? Why should intent or reason‚ born in me‚ Make sins‚ else equal‚ in me more heinous ? And‚ mercy being easy‚ and glorious To God‚ in His stern wrath why threatens He ? But who am I‚ that dare dispute with Thee ? O God‚ O ! of Thine only worthy blood‚ And my tears‚ make a heavenly
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history‚ and have been influenced by divergent contextual values appropriate to the time‚ in which the text was written. Through the comparative study of the 1925 novel‚ ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s 1845 ‘Sonnets from the Portuguese‚’ HSC students are provided with varying concepts of love in dissimilar contexts through the use of narrative and poetic techniques‚ thus resulting in an enhanced appreciation of each text. The themes and values portrayed in
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venerated poets of the Victorian era. Browning’s muse for writing sonnets was her undying love for Robert Browning in spite of her father’s disapproval. Standard sonnet form consists of 14 lines written in iambic pentameter. Elizabeth Barrett Browning works within the standard Italian sonnet tradition by using diction to create shifts throughout her sonnets from Sonnets of the Portuguese to reveal her thoughts regarding love. Sonnet 1 contrasts the optimistic beliefs of Theocritus‚ an ancient Greek
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WebQuest: Searching for Sonnet 116 INTRODUCTION It’s confusing‚ reading. Especially poetry. Except when it’s not. Sometimes we can just let poetry wash over us as we float in the words‚ the ebb and flow of the meter and the rhyme syncing with our heartbeat. But other times‚ we get stuck. We wonder. Then we ... check out‚ right? It’s just too hard. I mean‚ really‚ when you get lost‚ you get out your GPS on your phone. What’s all this about stars and astrolabes and barks? But wait -- I know you
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Argumentative Rhetoric in Sonnet 116 “If this be error‚ and upon me proved‚ / I never writ‚ nor no man ever loved.” So reads the concluding couplet in Sonnet 116‚ one Shakespeare’s most well known‚ due to its idealistic depiction of love. Unlike‚ most couplets in sonnets‚ these lines give any indication of an overarching theme. Instead‚ it takes the form of a syllogism It is this assertion that Shakespeare refers to with his “this.” Often Shakespeare uses meter in this sonnet to convince audiences
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‘Sonnet 116’ and ‘La Belle Dame sans Merci’ portrays two different experiences of the power of love. Show how successful each poet has been in representing this idea. In both the poems ‘Sonnet 116’ and ‘La Belle Dame sans Merci’‚ love is a common theme. However‚ love has had many different interpretations over time and we see this as both poems portray different approaches and emotions about this inescapable part of life. Shakespeare who wrote ‘Sonnet 116’ believes in love being forever lasting
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indulging in worldly pleasures. John Donne was a clergymen‚ so he spent most of his time in the church and with other clergymen‚ meaning how he spends his time is different from how Andrew Marvell and the cavaliers spend theirs. In John Donne’s “Holy Sonnet 10” and Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress‚" time and how little time we have ourselves‚ is the main theme‚ but how we spend our time is different. Throughout both poems‚ the importance of time and how we spend our time is stressed‚ but how the
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"Sonnet: How Do I Love Thee" by: Elizabeth Barrett Browning & "Sonnet XVIII" by: William Shakespeare Both‚ Elizabeth Barrett Browning ’s "How Do I Love Thee" and William Shakespeare ’s "Sonnet XVIII‚" explore the universal theme of eternal‚ transcending love. Similarly‚ both sonnets are confessions of love towards a male subject. Browning ’s is a passionate love; one that the Greeks referred to as eros. "Eros is Love‚ who overpowers the mind‚ and tames the spirit in the breasts of both gods
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Sir Philip Sidneys Sonnet 7 is from the sonnet sequence Astophel and Stella dating from the sixteenth century. It is a lament by one of the central figures‚ Astophel‚ a man who is in love with the other central figure‚ Stella‚ who is ultimately unattainable because she is married to another man. In the first few lines of the poem‚ Astrophil talks about Stellas black eyes and how they beam so bright (ll. 2) and how in beamy black (ll. 3) she radiates beauty. The excerpt chosen begins with Or did
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