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    Sonnet 116

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    Sonnet 116 is about love in its most ideal form. It is praising the glories of lovers who have come to each other freely‚ and enter into a relationship based on trust and understanding. The first four lines reveal the poet’s pleasure in love that is constant and strong‚ and will not "alter when it alteration finds." The following lines proclaim that true love is indeed an "ever-fix’d mark" which will survive any crisis. In lines 7-8‚ the poet claims that we may be able to measure love to some degree

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    Sonnet 18

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    fair sometime declines.” The final quatrain of the sonnet tells how the beloved differs from the summer in that respect: his beauty will last forever (“Thy eternal summer shall not fade...”) and never die. In the couplet‚ the speaker explains how the beloved’s beauty will accomplish this feat‚ and not perish because it is preserved in the poem‚ which will last forever; it will live “as long as men can breathe or eyes can see.” THEMES: LOVE: Sonnet 18 opens up looking an awful lot like a traditional

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    Close Reading of Sonnet

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    Close Reading of Sonnet 116 Written by William Shakespeare 2011 “Sonnet 116” written by William Shakespeare is focusing on the strength and true power of love. Love is a feeling that sustainable to alterations‚ that take place at certain points in life‚ and love is even stronger than a breakup because separation cannot eliminate feelings. The writer makes use of metaphors expressing love as a feeling of mind not just heart as young readers may see it. To Shakespeare love is an immortal

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    shakespeare sonnet 72

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    Summary In this poem‚ the speaker invokes a series of metaphors to characterize the nature of what he perceives to be his old age. In the first quatrain‚ he tells the beloved that his age is like a “time of year‚” late autumn‚ when the leaves have almost completely fallen from the trees‚ and the weather has grown cold‚ and the birds have left their branches. In the second quatrain‚ he then says that his age is like late twilight‚ “As after sunset fadeth in the west‚” and the remaining light is

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    Sonnet 138

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    Ashley Rodriguez AP Literature Sonnet 138 In sonnet 138‚ the poem uses ambiguous dictation (when both meanings of a word make sense). In order to understand the poem we have to base it on our own experiences and interpretations. The poem lets us know that both lovers lie to one another but in different ways. They both lie to each other ‚ they know it but don’t want to accept it or believe. Throughout the poem we see double meaning

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    This man is Romeo. Romeo and Juliet’s innocent love is shown through a sonnet‚ in which both of them speak‚ completing the sonnet together. Shakespeare’s work in Act 1 Scene 5 from “Romeo and Juliet” shows how they are a piece of one another through a romantic sonnet filled with religious metaphors to achieve the overall effect of unity.         When Romeo and Juliet first meet‚ Romeo is very romantic and uses religious metaphors to express his feelings for Juliet. Romeo says things like “My lips‚

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    Gaga Metaphors

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    the aged hairstyle expresses meaning and metaphor similar to many other statements she constructs her career upon. The grey wig illustrates the ending of an era‚ the period entrenched in representing the ideals of Gaga’s latest album. They exemplify her growth and maturation through the cycle of the album‚ and serve to respectfully and gingerly leave that period in the past. The Fame‚ The Fame Monster‚ Born This Way‚ and ARTPOP are rooted in meanings‚ metaphors‚ and statements that made her famous‚

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    Metaphors In Beowulf '

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    beowulf has a vast amount metaphors in its story mostly representing the beliefs of the original author. Some of these metaphor can be easily notabile such as on how good will always triumph over evil witch is represented by beowulf always defeating his foes. one of the many topics discussed throughout the story is gold and the influence on the characters. the story is based in anglo saxon times therefore most of the peoples beliefs would be about loyalty‚honor‚ bravery and such. Gold throughout

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    Sonnet 12

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    Shakespeare in his 12th sonnet talks about his experience and fading beauty. The purpose of this poem is to encourage a young man to not lose his beauty to the ravages of time. In order to do this‚ one must reproduce so beauty will live. In the first quatrain‚ Shakespeare begins his meditation on the process of decay. He begins the poem with "I"‚ which signals that Shakespeare will later give his own experience and account. The first object presented in this sonnet is a clock‚ which is to

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    dead metaphor

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    Dead Metaphor In his most recent play‚ Dead Metaphor‚ George Walker uses strong character development to strengthen his claim that the internal struggles of each character affect society’s balance of good and bad. Dean‚ the main character‚ recently returned from the war‚ where he served as an army sniper‚ in order to start a family; however‚ he is having problems finding a job due to his background with the army. He is soon faced with a difficult decision when three people in his life ask him

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