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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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    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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    A sonnet is a poem of fourteen lines that rhyme in a particular pattern. William Shakespeare’s sonnets were the only non-dramatic poetry that he wrote. Shakespeare used sonnets within some of his plays‚ but his sonnets are best known as a series of one hundred and fifty-four poems. The series of one hundred and fifty-four poems tell a story about a young aristocrat and a mysterious mistress. Many people have analyzed and contemplated about the significance of these “lovers”. After analysis of

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    A comparison of ?Holy Sonnet XIV? by John Donne and ?Sonnet 130? by William Shakespeare John Donne and William Shakespeare both wrote a variety of poems that are both similar within the structure of a Sonnet but with very different content. This essay will compare two of their sonnets ? Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare and the Holy Sonnet by John Donne. John Donne?s poem is a personal sonnet in which John Donne questions his faith in God. It becomes clear from the sonnet that John Donne feels that

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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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    William Shakespeare wrote a group of 154 sonnets between 1592 and 1597‚ which were compiled and published under the title Shakespeare’s Sonnets in 1609. Our attention will focus on sonnet 12‚ a remarkable and poignant poem about the relentless passing of time‚ the fading beauty‚ immortality‚ death and Old Age‚ these subjects being typical of all Shakespeare’s Sonnets. Time is omnipresent in everyone’s life‚ just passing and passing inexorably‚ relentlessly‚ so unstoppable. It is a universal problem

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    Identifying Tone in Shakespeare’s Sonnet‚ “My Mistress’ Eyes” William Shakespeare illustrates that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder in his sonnet‚ My Mistress’ Eyes. This poem describes the physical characteristics of his mistress using ironic comparison. Shakespeare also uses an extreme shift in the tone of his sonnet to show how he feels about the physical appearance of his mistress. The sonnet essentially raises the question‚ "What is beauty?" The poem begins to describe things in

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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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    Discuss the timeless quality of Shakespeare’s sonnets Shakespeare’s sonnets are lively reflections on love and time‚ these two themes seem to be the principal themes of Shakespeare’s sonnets and he returns to them again and again each time exploring them in a lively and personal matter. The theme of love and time are two themes that are timeless and still today‚ appeal to the modern reader. Shakespeare reveals how nerve wracking a relationship can be‚ but he also shows how love is ultimately the

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    one hundred fifty-four sonnets. A sonnet is a form of lyric poetry with fourteen lines and a specific rhyme scheme. (Lyric poetry presents the deep feelings and emotions of the poet as opposed to poetry that tells a story or presents a witty observation.) .The topic of most sonnets written in Shakespeare ’s time is love–or a theme related to love.  ........Poets usually wrote their sonnets as part of a series‚ with each sonnet a sequel to the previous one‚ although many sonnets could stand alone as

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