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    February 2013 "Sonnet 130" – William Shakespeare An Unconventional Love I will be writing about William Shakespeares poem "Sonnet 130." In the sonnet‚ every other line rhymes‚ with the exception of the last two lines which rhyme on their own as a rhyming couplet. The poem follows the rhyme scheme of a-b-a-b‚ c-d-c-d‚ e-f-e-f‚ g-g. This sonnet is written in iambic pentameter‚ containing fourteen lines and ten syllables within each line. The iambic pentameter makes the sonnet sound redundant‚

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    Shakespeare Sonnet 138

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    William Shakespeare’s poetry entails complex language and hidden meanings. Shakespeare is famous for his ability to author a web of images that creates layers of interpretations and understandings. In Sonnet 138 however‚ Shakespeare is more direct in describing his relationship with his lover by avoiding imagery and metaphors‚ explaining to the reader that this seemingly unconventional relationship is indeed justified. Shakespeare constructs a persona of the speaker in a way that establishes a casual

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    William ShakespeareSonnets The first 17 poems of Shakespeare’s sonnets are addressed to a young man urging him to marry and have children in order to immortalize his beauty by passing it to the next generation. The subsequent sonnets (18 to 126) express the speaker’s love for a young man; brood upon loneliness‚ death‚ and the transience of life. The remaining sonnets (127 to 152) focus on Dark Lady. Dark Lady sonnets are about desire and lust. In this paper‚ I will discuss how William Shakespeare’s

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    Shakespeare Sonnet 116

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    William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116 found on page 1182 of The Norton Anthology of English Literature: Volume1B: The Sixteenth Century‚ The Early Seventeenth Centry‚ 2nd edition(New York: W.W. Nortion‚ 2000) is one of his most famous sonnets to conquer the subject of love. While there is much debate concerning the tone of this sonnet‚ Shakespeare’s words speak of transcendent love not very commonly considered in popular poetry at the time. He used the Petrarchan sonnet style in Old English popular

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    shakespeare sonnet 72

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    the speaker tells the young man that he must perceive these things‚ and that his love must be strengthened by the knowledge that he will soon be parted from the speaker when the speaker‚ like the fire‚ is extinguished by time. Commentary Sonnet 73 takes up one of the most pressing issues of the first 126 sonnets‚ the speaker’s anxieties regarding what he perceives to be his advanced age‚ and develops the theme through a sequence of metaphors each implying something different. The first quatrain

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    sonnet 116 by shakespeare

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    Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare Shakespeaare’s sonnet 116 is a part of his 154-poem sonnet sequence. First 126 sonnets addresses to a young man and the rest of them addresses to “the dark lady” who betrays the speaker with the young man in the first 126 sonnets. The iambic parameter and refrains used in the poem are the musical components in the sonnet and in order to draw the attention of the listeners or readers of the poem they are reinforced with the repetition of certain sounds in the first

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    Shakespeare Sonnet 20

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    Shakespeare’s ‘Sonnet 20’ This sonnet has been the subject of much debate as academics theorise for and against the possible homosexuality of Shakespeare‚ as per the sexual connotations present in the sonnet and the way Shakespeare plays with gender. However‚ the way in which one interprets poems of any kind is highly subjective. Consider‚ for instance‚ a poem on love: the poet cannot be claimed as being an expert on love and its merits‚ and oftentimes a poem is not necessarily based on a personal

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    Shakespeare Sonnet 1

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    Shakespearean Sonnet 15 Explication A Shakespearean sonnet consists of fourteen lines‚ each line containing ten syllables written in iambic pentameter. Iambic pentameter is a pattern in which a deemphasized syllable follows an emphasized syllable; this pattern repeats five times per line. The rhyme scheme in Shakespearean sonnets is a-b-a-b‚ c-d-c-d‚ e-f-e-f‚ g-g; the last two lines are a rhyming couplet. Shakespeare’s fifteenth sonnet‚ a procreation sonnet addressed to a young man‚ is a

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    Shakespeare Sonnet 129

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    Sonnet 129 is an interesting poem in Shakespeare’s set of sonnets‚ supposedly‚ addressed to his dark mistress. This sonnet is full figurative language and other poetic devices that let the reader know exactly how the poet feels about the emotions and dangers associated with lust. He also uses interesting punctuation choices that create the flow and tone of the poem. As the readers‚ we do not know who this poem is addressed to due to the lack of thou‚ he‚ or she in the poem. It does seem to be describing

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    Shakespeare Sonnet 29

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    Figurative Language‚ Imagery. And Sound in “Sonnet 29” Williams Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 29” is Shakespeare starts the first quatrain with himself talking of disgrace in his fortune and in the eyes of others. In the second quatrain‚ Shakespeare takes the inward thoughts and looks outward with coveting eyes and wishes he could be a different man. By the third quatrain‚ the poet thinks upon the young man to whom the poem is addressing‚ which makes him assume a more optimistic view of his own life.

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