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    1) Difference ; tragic‚ comedy‚ tragicomedy‚ history. Shakespeare’s Tragicomedy Plays The original classification of Shakespeare’s plays  – ‘Comedies’‚ ‘Tragedies’‚ ‘Histories’ and ‘Roman plays‘ – don’t adequately describe all of Shakespeare’s plays‚ and scholars have come up with more names to do so. The most widely used categories are ‘Romance Plays’‚ ‘Problem Plays’‚ and Shakespeare’s ‘Tragicomedy Plays’. The plays in those categories have much in common‚ but there are enough differences to

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    Sonnet 17 Explication

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    Sonnet 17 Explication Who will believe my verse in time to come If it were filled with your most high deserts? Though yet‚ heaven knows‚ it is but as a tomb Which hides your life and shows not half your parts. If I could write the beauty of your eyes And in fresh numbers number all your graces‚ The age to come would say “This poet lies: Such heavenly touches ne’er touched earthly faces.” So should my papers yellowed with their age Be scorned like old men of less truth than tongue‚ And

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    Love in Sonnet 116

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    True Love Transcends Time in Sonnet 116 Shakespeare talks about love‚ which can be one of the most difficult and confusing parts of life. Through the use of metaphors and graphic language Shakespeare tries to show the reader what he thinks love is. His goal is to prove that true love is clear and that it has a real definition. He seeks to do this by making us see love in a different light‚ deeper than just what it appears to be at first. Shakespeare doesn’t write what he thinks true love is‚ instead

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    Are the Sonnets‚ wholly or in part‚ autobiographical‚ or are they merely "poetical exercises" dealing with imaginary persons and experiences? This is the question to which all others relating to the poems are secondary and subordinate. For myself‚ I firmly believe that the great majority of the Sonnets‚ to quote what Wordsworth says of them‚ "express Shakespeare’s own feelings in his own person;" or‚ as he says in his sonnet on the sonnet‚ "with this same key Shakespeare unlocked his heart." Browning

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    William Shakespeare’s sonnet‚ That Time of Year Thou Mayst in Me Behold emphasizes that death is upon us stressing on the importance of love. By using metaphors he relates death to nature. Using symbolism of autumn leaves‚ twilight and glowing fire evolving to one conclusion awaiting death. By using Iambic meter he is showing a rising effect to get to the climax of the sonnet. Shakespeare shows how his character is weighed down by torment that his life is coming to an end. He is in search

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    Sonnet For Chaze

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    introduced to Dante’s best friend Guido Cavalcanti in The Vita Nuova in the XXIV Chapter dedicated to Guido Cavalcanti. Dante believes here that Guido’s heart “[is] still marvelled at the beauty of this gentile Primavera [(Beatrice])” (Vita Nuova 759). The Sonnet for Guido reveals their “brotherly” love towards each other and the support they confined within each other’s lives. The “gaze” is quite proven by Dante’s summary of his own work following the poem‚ where he explains in warm-heartedness the “[happiness]

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    Romantic Sonnet

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    Romantic Sonnet The Romantic sonnet holds in its topics the ideals of the time period‚ concentrating on emotion‚ nature‚ and the expression of "nothing." The Romantic era was one that focused on the commonality of humankind and‚ while using emotion and nature‚ the poets and their works shed light on people’s universal natures. In Charlotte Smith’s "Sonnet XII - Written on the Sea Shore‚" the speaker of the poem embodies two important aspects of Romantic work in relating his or her personal feelings

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    Comparison of two sonnets

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    Comparison of two sonnets A sonnet is a form of a poem that originated in Europe‚ mainly Italy. The term sonnet derives from the Italian word sonetto‚ meaning "little song”. By the thirteenth century sonnets were widely used as sort of encrypted love letters written by many‚ but those who wrote them for a living were called sonneteers. Many tried and failed at the art of sonnet writing but the few who were successful gained much recognition for their works. One of the most well-known sonnet writers is

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    Explication of Sonnet 18

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    William Shakespeare has long been regarded as one of the best writers in the English language. He is mostly known for his development of original plays‚ such as Romeo and Juliet‚ but he is also the composer of 154 sonnets. The sonnet I have chosen to analyze is sonnet 18‚ which reads: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May‚ And summer’s lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven

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    Explication on Sonnet 87

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    Shakespeare’s Sonnet 87‚ Shakespeare appears to be bidding goodbye to the mysterious young man whom he writes so much about. The opening word of ’Farewell’ could almost stand as a sufficient summary to the entire poem. As in Shakespeare’s previous sonnets about the young man‚ it is in Sonnet 87 when the poet realizes the relationship has collapsed and that he needs to bid farewell to his young love. Shakespeare himself appears to be the speaker in the poem‚ whereas the young man is to whom Shakespeare is conveying

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