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    Sonnet 20

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    A Closer Look at Homosexuality in Shakespeare’s Sonnet 20 Shakespeare is a name that is familiar to anyone who has a high school education‚ at the very least. What makes Shakespeare timeless and relevant to every generation since his‚ is that his works speak universal truths. But how well would he be received in today’s society if it were known that he was homosexual? Would our country’s homophobia change the way we appreciate Shakespeare’s work? In this essay I will argue that Shakespeare was

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    Sonnet 116

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    Sonnet 116 Sonnet 116 is just one of the many great works of Shakespeare. In it‚ he identifies what love is‚ and what it is not. His idea is that love is unbreakable‚ and will prevail through all hardships. Shakespeare’s word choice is remarkable. "Never shaken"‚ "fixed mark"‚ "height." All of these words give a mood of strength and continuity. Shakespeare’s main concept that he was trying to get the reader(s) the grasp is that love is an overwhelming force that is strong and undeniable through

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    Sonnet 130

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    In the sonnet 130‚ by William Shakespeare‚ plays an elaborate joke on the convention of love poetry. He describes his beloved in a surprising way‚ informing that she is not the possessor of good looks. In the end poet concludes that he loves his beloved more than he could a perfect maiden. Overall‚ appearance does not matter where true love is concerned. We normally expect poets to praise their woman they love by comparing them with natures most beautiful things. However‚ in this

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    Sonnet 146

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    Sonnet 146 is well known for its deeply intriguing religious aspect‚ as it is one of Shakespeare’s religious sonnets and almost the only religious one. It is religious as its tone mentions its concern with heaven‚ asceticism and also the progress of the soul all through out the sonnet. The idea that the poet was trying to convey to his audience is that the body exists at the expense of the soul‚ so that adorning or worrying about its beauty can only be accomplished at the souls expense. The poem

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    Romantic Sonnet

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    Romantic Sonnet The Romantic sonnet holds in its topics the ideals of the time period‚ concentrating on emotion‚ nature‚ and the expression of "nothing." The Romantic era was one that focused on the commonality of humankind and‚ while using emotion and nature‚ the poets and their works shed light on people’s universal natures. In Charlotte Smith’s "Sonnet XII - Written on the Sea Shore‚" the speaker of the poem embodies two important aspects of Romantic work in relating his or her personal feelings

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    SONNET 29

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    When‚ in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes‚ When I’ve fallen out of favor with fortune and men‚ I all alone beweep my outcast state All alone I weep over my position as a social outcast‚ And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries And pray to heaven‚ but my cries go unheard‚ And look upon myself and curse my fate‚ And I look at myself‚ cursing my fate‚ Wishing me like to one more rich in hope‚ Wishing I were like one who had more hope‚ Featured like him‚ like him with friends possess’d

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    Sonnet 130

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    Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare is a love story. He describe the girl as someone who is not attractive‚ but he still loves her none the less. The purpose of the poem is to tell people that you don’t need to be worried about appearance. It’s what’s on the inside that really matters. Shakespeare is the speaker of this poem. It’s easy to see through the last few lines of the sonnet that he really loves this girl. It’s obvious that he can see through her non-attractiveness‚ but it’s also obvious

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    Sonnet 18

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    alive is not easy. One knows that life eventually comes to an end‚ but does love? Time passes and days must end. It is in "Sonnet 18"‚ by Shakespeare‚ that we see a challenge to the idea that love is finite. Shakespeare shows us how some love is eternal and will live on forever in comparison to a beautiful summer ’s day. Shakespeare has a way of keeping love alive in "Sonnet 18"‚ and he uses a variety of techniques to demonstrate how love is more brilliant and everlasting than a summer ’s day. The

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    Sonnet 1

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    Sonnet 1‚ by W. Shakespeare From fairest creatures we desire increase‚   That thereby beauty’s rose might never die‚ But as the riper should by time decease‚ His tender heir might bear his memory: But thou‚ contracted to thine own bright eyes‚ Feed’st thy light’s flame with self-substantial fuel‚ Making a famine where abundance lies‚ Thyself thy foe‚ to thy sweet self too cruel. Thou that art now the world’s fresh ornament And only herald to the gaudy spring‚ Within thine own bud buriest thy

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    Sonnet 30

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    Sonnet 30 In this sonnet‚ the poet conveys a theme of grief as he meditates on past woes and losses but is ultimately comforted by the thought of a "dear friend" (13). The pensive poet reflects upon memories of the past‚ causing him to regret his failure to achieve all that he wanted. With old woes recalled‚ he grieves over having wasted precious time. He then weeps‚ although he seldom does normally‚ for dear friends who have died and are lost to death’s eternal night. He cries once more over

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