Sonnet 130 Overview Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130 is about imperfection vs. perfection‚ personal preference on beauty‚ love and stereotyping. These ideas are developed throughout the poems quatrains and couplet through techniques. The technique that stood out for me and represented all of the ideas Sonnet 130 is about is imagery‚ whether it be negative or positive‚ Shakespeare uses the technique well in conjunction with other techniques to make his point stronger. These ideas are introduced in
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Ethan A. Proffitt ENG 243 Phil Ferguson 11-17-14 Sonnet 130 William Shakespeare’s 130th sonnet is perhaps the most intriguing and conceptually bizarre. The majority of his sonnets on the subject of women detail how lovely and fair they are‚ or how he is unable to serenade them (often because of a superior man); this particular example is an utter contradiction to his other female-based works. The central idea of the speaker here is to describe the appearance of his love interest to someone else‚
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English 146: Introduction to English Literature March 07‚ 2013 Sonnet 130: A Unique Expression of Love How do you express a feeling? Nothing can be more complicated in life then trying to give expression to a state of being. Feelings are convoluted and always in a constant state of change. Part of the way people express feelings is through art‚ such as painting or the use of written language. In Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130 a unique expression of love is presented by the writer to his mistress. His
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Sonnet 130: Imperfectly Perfect The secular world is increasingly fixated on the concept of beauty and the pursuit of perfection‚ however this preoccupation is not unique to the 20th century. While traditional love poems in the 18th century generally focused on glorifying a woman’s beauty‚ Sonnet 130 written by William Shakespeare goes against the conventional culture of love poems and instead describes the realistic nature of his object of affection. In Sonnet 130‚ the idea of love and is intensely
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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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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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Hum of insects According to the author the humming of the insects in the bedroom is as good as the buzz of the dentist’s drill or the sawmill. The bee and the wasp are considered to be the noble insects ‚ the bee is morally higher because it does not bite without provocation and does not give malaria like mosquito but give honey instead. It helps in multiplying the fruits and aims at living a quiet life. The victims of the angry bee in the lesson were – a dog‚ a turkey – as it doesn’t see
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Hum of Insects – Robert Lynd As the hum of insects and noises of birds are associated with nature and seasons‚ so are they connected to our life‚ right from our childhood. When we grow up‚ these sounds occasionally pull us back to our childhood. In a way‚ our happiness‚ other than that achieved from people‚ has its origin in the nature‚ in spring and summer‚ in the hum and noises of insects and birds. The author begins with insects like bees‚ wasps and mosquitoes and analyse their behavior Insects
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