English IV Advanced Shakespeare Sonnets While reading the following sonnets (P. 317-323)‚ identify four of the following literary devices‚ and explain how these devices show the poem’s meaning. Imagery Simile Metaphor Rhyme Symbol Personification Repetition Tone Sonnet 18: This sonnet’s speaker claims that his beloved is lovelier and milder than a summer day—but unlike summer‚ will love forever in his poem. Device Example from poem How this shows the theme
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Structural features of a Shakespearean sonnet * The first twelve lines are divided into four lines each * There are fourteen lines * 3 quatrains and a couplet (last 2 lines) * A rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg * Quatrain one - states the problem * Quatrain two- elaborates on the problem * Quatrain three- a solution * Couplet- what happened at the end * Developed so that each quatrain progresses towards a surprising turn of events in the ending couplet What
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depict‚ one of the most complex and important concepts expressed in Christian art and ideology is the idea of the holy trinity. Artistic representations of the three persons of the holy trinity helped people make better sense of the divine mystery of Christ by expressing a complicated theological idea through the use of tangible and concrete visual symbols. Attempts to depict the holy trinity pose valuable questions about how to represent a concept that has long been considered impossible to entirely
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Sonnet 116 Sonnet 116 is a poem written hundreds of years ago by William Shakespeare. It has bee used to presents a beautiful and optimistic view of real love. The features of a sonnet include 14 lines consisting of three quatrains and a rhyming couplet. Each quatrain have a rhyme pattern abab‚ cdcd‚ efef and gg.The quatrains all discuss the same idea of love being unchanging different circumstances. Shakespeare uses enjambment throughout his sommet. Sonnet 116 follows strict rules to keep the ideas
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Holy Eucharist The Holy Eucharist which is also known as Holy Communion. We always celebrate this sacrament every Sunday and the masses which we are obliged to attend. The priest always gives us sermons and there are lessons that we acquire from them. We are always reminded that Jesus sacrificed Himself for us for the atonement of our sins. It is also a way for us to be closer to Him. Nowadays‚ some people are not giving importance to the mass and just say it’s a waste of time. But for me
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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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you have seen poets writing about feelings in an artistic and effective way. John Donne indeed uses poetry as a vehicle for expressing emotions towards a variety of subject matter‚ however particularly with reference to his lover‚ to God and to death. Donne documents his confidence in his emotions towards his lover in “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”. Moreover ‚ post his wife’s death‚ in “Holy Sonnet X” Donne cements his assuredness of emotions toward death in verse. Conversely to Donne’s
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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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SONNET 146 Poor soul‚ the center of my sinful earth‚ Lord of these rebel powers that thee array‚ Why dost thou pine within and suffer dearth‚ Painting thy outward walls so costly gay? Why so large cost‚ having so short a lease‚ Dost thou upon thy fading mansion spend? Shall worms‚ inheritors of this excess‚ Eat up thy charge? is this thy body’s end? Then soul‚ live thou upon thy servant’s loss‚ And let that pine to aggravate thy store; Buy terms divine in selling hours of dross;
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William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 129 William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 129 is a classic Shakespearian Sonnet from his distinguished collection published in 1609. The Shakespearean Sonnet is unquestionably the most intellectual and dramatic of poetic forms and‚ when written well‚ is a masterpiece not only of poetic talent but intellectual talent as well. Like the majority of sonnets‚ Sonnet 129 has fourteen lines and is organized into an octave followed by a sestet; or more in depth‚ three quatrains followed
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