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    "Samuel Hearne in Wintertime" is a poetic documentary of the undeclared mayhem of Canada’s past. Newlove uses Samuel Hearne‚ a figure from the past‚ to capture the past in a true and genuine state. This poem expresses ideas of truth‚ loss‚ isolation‚ feelings of defeat‚ and internal conflict. Throughout the entire piece‚ the author is deromanticizing‚ demythologizing and debunking both Samuel Hearne and early northern exploration. The clipped terse epigram‚ clipped syntax‚ the style of language

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    Sonnet LX In this Shakespearean sonnet with 14 lines‚ we can note that it includes 3 quatrains with 4 lines each and a couplet at the end of the sonnet‚ each underlying a recurring theme ; Time and Death; in which we can note the passing of human life from childhood to old age. In the first quatrain Shakespeare is looking at the beach and at the waves racing towards the shore and disappearing hence he uses the metaphor: ‘like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore’ to compare the movement

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    Sonnet 30

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    restored and sorrows end." But as soon as I think of you‚ my dear friend‚ all those wounds are healed‚ and my sorrows come to an end. Why is he saying it? Sonnet 30 is at the center of a sequence of sonnets dealing with the narrator’s growing attachment to the fair lord and the narrator’s paralyzing inability to function without him. The sonnet begins with the image of the poet drifting off into the "remembrance of things past" - painful memories‚ we soon learn‚ that the poet has already lamented

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    Sonnet 104

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    Essay: Sonnet 104 Sonnet 104 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English poet William Shakespeare. It’s a member of the Fair Youth sequence‚ in which the poet expresses his love towards a fair friend. Each stanza expresses Shakespeare’s relationship with his beloved. The sonnet deals with the destructive forces of time as humans grow older and makes a commentary on the process of aging. In the first quatrain‚ the poet focuses on his beloved‚ exploring the theme of beauty and aging. The very

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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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    The Sonnet Form and its Meaning: Shakespeare Sonnet 65 The sonnet‚ being one of the most traditional and recognized forms of poetry‚ has been used and altered in many time periods by writers to convey different messages to the audience. The strict constraints of the form have often been used to parallel the subject in the poem. Many times‚ the first three quatrains introduce the subject and build on one another‚ showing progression in the poem. The final couplet brings closure to the poem by

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    Sonnet 130

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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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    Sonnet 71

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    William Shakespeare sonnets are easily identified by the diversity of tones that he uses to express the speakers emotions to an audience‚ such is case of Sonnet 71 that contains lines that have totally different meanings among each other. According to the first 4 lines of this Sonnet it can inferred that what the speaker is trying to express to the audience is not to grieve for him when dies. “No Longer mourn for me when I am dead‚ Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell Give warning to

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    Shakespeare

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    William Shakespeare (April 23rd 1564 – April 23rd 1616) Little is known about ‘ the morning star’ of English literature . He was born on the 23rd of April 1564 in Stratfordupon-Avon as the son of a glove dealer. He studied for 5 years at Stratford grammar school ( as written in the village documents) . At the age of 18 he married Anne Hathaway and they had 3 children : a daughter ‚ Susanna ‚ and two twins (Hamnet and Judith). Hamnet died at the age of 11 .In 1585- at the age of 21- Shakespeare left

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    Sonnet 19

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    SONNET #19 by: William Shakespeare D EVOURING time‚ blunt thou the lion’s paws‚ And make the earth devour her own sweet brood; Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger’s jaws‚ And burn the long-lived phoenix in her blood; Make glad and sorry seasons as they fleet’st‚ And do whate’er thou wilt‚ swift-footed Time‚ To the wide world and all her fading sweets‚ But I forbid thee one most heinous crime: O‚ carve not with thy hours my love’s fair brow‚ Nor draw no lines there with thine antique

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