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    The Lotus

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    poems have an Indian theme and an Indian background. The poem‚ ‘The Lotus’ is a sonnet in the Petrarchan type. Toru Dutt’s mastery over the sonnet form is proved in this poem. The sonnet is divided into two divisions‚ the Octave and the Sestet. The octave consists of eight lines and the sestet consists of six lines. A sonnet deals with a single idea‚ the octave proposing and the sestet resolving. Within 14 lines of the sonnet‚ Toru Dutt raises a problem in the Octave and resolves it in the sestet. In

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    The waste of time

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    Sonnet 18 Explication Sonnet 18 is a typical Shakespearean sonnet that hardly departs from the “classic” rules of an English sonnet. It has fourteen lines in a simple iambic pentameter; although‚ there are a few strong first syllables in the poem and some lines have eleven syllables instead of just ten. None of the lines flow into the next one. All of them have a distinct stopping place except that of line 9 (as far as punctuation goes.) There are three quatrains in the poem‚ the third one changes

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    Chaos in Fourteen Lines

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    elements that actually illustrate chaos in the poem. Structurally‚ there isn’t anything chaotic about the poem. The sonnet is broken down into two parts: an octave followed by a sestet that resolves the issue at hand. However‚ the last two lines in the sonnet can be interpreted as an unrhymed couplet‚ contributing to the "chaos" that Millay claimed to trap. The order of the sonnet is in Yang 2 the rhyme scheme of ABBAABBA CDCDCD‚ which is classically Italian in terms of rhyming pattern

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    Comparisons of 2 Poems

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    A comparison of structure‚ poetic/language devices and themes between ‘Hour’ and ‘Sonnet 116’ Both ‘Hour’ and ‘Sonnet 116’ were written 500 years apart‚ yet both of these poems explore the significant characteristics of love and time. Both poems explore that time and love does not match. But in ‘Sonnet 116’ love is the dominant figure from time and in ‘Hour’ time is the dominant figure from love. In the poem‚ ‘Hour’‚ Carol Ann Duffy is talking about how one ‘Hour’ of their day can be spent as

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    Astrophil and Stella

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    English Literature and Culture I Noémi Najbauer 14 03 2009 Astrophil and Stella - Sonnet 1 Sir Philip Sydney was one of the greatest poets of the Elizabethan age. Astrophil and Stella‚ the first sonnet of the Astrophil and Stella sequence‚ which containes 108 sonnets and 11 songs‚ was written in the 1580s. The word ‘‘sonnet’’ comes from the Italian ‘‘sonetto’’ word‚ which means little song. As a genre‚ sonnet can be defined as a fourteen-lined lyric poem‚ written in iambic pentameter. It means

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    Those Winter Sundays

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    However we learn that the child‚ who is now an adult looking back on these events‚ now acknowledges the hard work and compassionate deeds of the father. The poems structure‚ a sonnet‚ allows readers to learn about the dynamic relationship between the father and child. Because the poem is a sonnet it only furthers the argument that it is a love poem. Hayden used his own personal experience as inspiration as he had an estranged relationship with both his foster parents but was specifically

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    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 the reason for their hardships

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    Love from the Inside

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    Shakespeare’s sonnet 130 “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;” is a sonnet written for the common man. It is written in such a simplistic way that anyone can understand the idea Shakespeare is trying to convey. Despite its simple outer appearance‚ sonnet 130’s internal mechanisms are used perfectly to further illustrate Shakespeare’s point. By using the traditional format of a Shakespearean sonnet‚ focusing on the renaissances’ popular topic of love‚ and satirizing this ideal‚ Shakespeare

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    Elizabethan Poetry

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    distinct national tradition. Puttenham and Sidney were concerned to build a canon and help shape English poetry into a tradition capable of rivalling more prestigious literatures (for example of Italy and France). The courtly lyric/ Petrarchan love sonnet introduced to English by Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard‚ Earl of Surrey: not the only poetic genre in the Renaissance‚ but one of the most interesting‚ which has shaped our later conceptions of English poetry. Wyatt and Surrey were “courtly makers”

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    William Shakespeare Tropes

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    Romeo? and “To be or not to be‚ that is the question” (CITATION). Over Shakespeare’s life‚ he wrote countless means of literature‚ some better known than others‚ but each using traditional forms of literary techniques to some degree. Within his 18th Sonnet‚ “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” Shakespeare strategically uses countless literary devices‚ including various tropes and schemes‚ in addition to the structure of the poem‚ to his advantage in order to emphasize the theme of beauty and the

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