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    favorite texts that we covered‚ were Beowulf‚ “Sonnet 116”‚ and “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning.” First of all‚

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    Sonnet CXXX is yet another love sonnet that’s Shakespeare has written although it’s a pleasure to read for its simplicity and frankness of expression. Its message is simple and direct which is the dark lady’s beauty cannot be compared to the beauty of a goddess or to that found in nature‚ for she is but a mortal human being This is what made the poem memorable and famous which is for its blunt but charming sincerity. "I grant I never saw a goddess go; / My mistress‚ when she walks‚ treads on the

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    In “Sonnet 130: My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun‚” William Shakespeare uses the literary devices of imagery and figurative language to show that people should be judged based on who they are‚ not on their looks or what society says one should be like. To begin with‚ the text states‚ “If hairs be wires‚ black wires grow on her head.” (I.iv) The author uses figurative language to show how his mistress’ hair looks like. He compares her hair to wires which aren’t typically compared to hair

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    affect our generation and will continue to affect generations to come. In John Donne’s metaphysical poem ‘The Sun Rising’‚ he explores the valuable idea of love being stronger than time as love surpasses all boundaries. In contrast‚ Shakespeare’s sonnet 130 explores the reality of love being in the eye of the beholder and that true love is a chemistry that cannot be defined. Both of these poems‚ although from diverse eras‚ study the valuable notion of love and its true complexity. Time is undefeatable

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    The purpose of this essay is to critically analyse William Shakespeare’s Sonnet #116. Throughout this essay I will be referring often to text of the poem William Shakespeare’s "Sonnet 116" exploits conventional sonneteering (Kerrigan ‚1986‚1995:11) to speak of his perception and judgement of love. The sonnets structure‚ three quatrains and a couplet echoes the poets’ content further emphasizing his notion that true love is constant. The tone of the poem expresses great amounts of final conviction

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    Metaphysical Poetry: Definition‚ Characteristics & Examples: Definition of Metaphysical Poetry You’ve probably heard of haikus‚ lyrical poems and limericks. All of those types of poetry have specific qualities that allow us to group them together. Metaphysical poetry is a little bit different. The poems classified in this group do share common characteristics: they are all highly intellectualized‚ use rather strange imagery‚ use frequent paradox and contain extremely complicated thought.

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    relative to the Elizabethan time period; in the same way that he does in ’sonnet 130’‚ Carol Ann Duffy does in ’Havisham’ and ’Valentine’‚ Lord Byron in ’She walks in beauty’ and John Donne in ’The Flea.’ Although their poems all differ (whether it’s in choice of language‚ style or the overall focus of the poem‚) they all share the aspect of love and beauty which creates the main link between all of the poems. Shakespeare’s ’Sonnet 130’ is a very contrasting poem in that he creates the typical imagery

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    February 2013 "Sonnet 130" – William Shakespeare An Unconventional Love I will be writing about William Shakespeare ’s poem "Sonnet 130." In the sonnet‚ every other line rhymes‚ with the exception of the last two lines which rhyme on their own as a rhyming couplet. The poem follows the rhyme scheme of a-b-a-b‚ c-d-c-d‚ e-f-e-f‚ g-g. This sonnet is written in iambic pentameter‚ containing fourteen lines and ten syllables within each line. The iambic pentameter makes the sonnet sound redundant‚

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    The speaker in Sonnet 130 and Romeo has a different perspective on love. The speaker loves his mistress despite that she may not be as beautiful as the things around her but Romeo falls in love with Juliet based on appearance‚ or love at first sight. Romeo falls in love with Juliet when he sees her. He says to himself‚ “Did my heart love til now?” He decides that he is in love with Juliet although he has never spoken to her. Romeo falls for her too quickly. Romeo’s love may also be infatuation

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    Sonnet 130 and My Ugly Love Contrast and Comparison Shakespeare’s sonnet 130‚ “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” and Pablo Neruda’s “My ugly love” are popularly known to describe beauty in a way hardly anyone would write: through the truth. It’s a common fact that modern lovers and poets speak or write of their beloved with what they and the audience would like to hear‚ with kind and breathtaking words and verses. Yet‚ Shakespeare and Neruda‚ honest men as they both were‚ chose to write

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