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    When reading Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s "Sonnet 32" I noticed that this was her only sonnet of the four in Sonnets From the Portuguese that wasn’t written directly for another person. It seems as if she was writing this sonnet in a diary for herself. This makes me believe that during the time of writing this sonnet the speaker‚ or Elizabeth Barrett Browning‚ had some internal conflict over the relationship she was in at the time and was confiding in her own secrecy to try to work out her controversial

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    indulging in worldly pleasures. John Donne was a clergymen‚ so he spent most of his time in the church and with other clergymen‚ meaning how he spends his time is different from how Andrew Marvell and the cavaliers spend theirs. In John Donne’s “Holy Sonnet 10” and Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress‚" time and how little time we have ourselves‚ is the main theme‚ but how we spend our time is different. Throughout both poems‚ the importance of time and how we spend our time is stressed‚ but how the

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    William Shakespeare entertains multiple themes throughout his sonnet collection and portays an overarching theme of love. Sir Philip Sydney’s difficulties with love are shown in his collection of sonnets “Astrophil and Stella”. Both poets discuss the complications with love and the desire it creates. For example‚ in sonnet 1 Sydney has trouble conveying his love but hopes that through these sonnets she (Stella) will understand. Shakespeare’s sonnet 129 as well as Sydney sonnet 109 both mention

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    The Analysis of 66. Sonnet

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    1. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S LIFE William shakespeare was born in 1564 in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwichshire‚ England. There is no definite record of his birth but his baptism was recorded by the church‚ thus his birthday is assumed to be 23 of April. Shakespeare ‚ the son of John shakespeare‚ a successful trademan‚ and of Mary Arden. Shakespeare attended King Edward VI Grammar School‚ which may have provided education in Latin grammar and literature. In 1582‚ he married Anne Hathaway

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    William Shakespeare‚ one of the most influential writers of 17th century‚ was very well known for his work in theatre and as a poet. In his sonnetsShakespeare uses imagery and objects of nature as metaphor in describing beauty through contrast and aging. Sonnets were the pop songs of Shakespeare’s era‚ a very fashionable poetic; all gentlemen were required to learn them as a discipline and a sign of one’s education. A good sonnet alluded to a good education‚ conveying one’s upbringing as one

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    Shakespeare

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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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    AP english sonnet essay

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    Devon AP English 12th Sonnet Both poems describe‚ show examples‚ and compare things to their loves‚ yet both have different attitudes towards their lovers. Edmund says noble things about his lover‚ and William says ruthless things about his lover. In Edmund Spencer’s poem‚ he explains how beautiful‚ wise‚ and smart she is. For example‚ he says how beautiful her eyes and lips are; “If saphyres‚ loe! Hir eies be saphyres plaine; / If rubies‚ loe! Hir lips be rubies sound.” He is explaining

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    Sonnet Comparison Essay

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    The “Virtuous” Mind Sonnet Comparison Essay William Shakespeare and Edmund Spenser are two of the most prolific poets of their time. Both support a different vantage point on the way a woman should behave and the way love should be. At the time‚ love was conventionally defined as a woman who knew her place and was pure. However‚ there were women who spoke their minds and talked out of turn. They were considered to be shrews. Shrews were not married‚ and if they were‚ the person who married them

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    John Donnes Holy Sonnets

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    The Holy Sonnets By making many references to the Bible‚ John Donne’s Holy Sonnets reveal his want to be accepted and forgiven by God. A fear of death without God’s forgiveness of sins is conveyed in these sonnets. Donne expresses extreme anxiety and fright that Satan has taken over his soul and God won’t forgive him for it or his sins. A central theme of healing and forgiveness imply that John Donne‚ however much he wrote about God and being holy‚ wasn’t such a holy man all

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    relationship. In “Sonnet 130”‚ William Shakespeare speaks about his mistress metaphorically‚ compares her to nature‚ and states how their love is different and rare. In “My Papa’s Waltz”‚ Theodore Roethke illustrates a father who is under the influences‚ dancing around the kitchen with his child‚ trying to dance his child to sleep. Therefore‚ Shakespeare and Roethke use diction‚ imagery‚ and detail to convey the complexities of power and their effect on the dynamics of relationships. In “Sonnet 130”‚ Shakespeare

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