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    Sonnet 130

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    Sonnet 130: Imperfectly Perfect The secular world is increasingly fixated on the concept of beauty and the pursuit of perfection‚ however this preoccupation is not unique to the 20th century. While traditional love poems in the 18th century generally focused on glorifying a woman’s beauty‚ Sonnet 130 written by William Shakespeare goes against the conventional culture of love poems and instead describes the realistic nature of his object of affection. In Sonnet 130‚ the idea of love and is intensely

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    Sonnet 61

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    Love Prevails “Idea: Sonnet 61” by Michael Drayton is a fourteen line Petrarchan sonnet that dramatizes the conflicting emotions that arise from an intimate relationship coming to an abrupt end. After analyzing and doing several closer readings‚ I learned that “Idea: Sonnet 61” is actually about the poet’s own conflicting emotions and feelings from a harsh break up. However‚ it was no ordinary and flippant relationship. It was a serious relationship that involved great amounts of passion that

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    the separation becomes clearer when "gone far away" is repeated. This quotation reveals the significant theme of death within this poem. The speakers sorrow is stressed by the reappearance of the words ’gone away’. All sonnets are known to have a change in tone within them; this sonnet has a change in tone from negative to positive. In the two quatrains the speaker repeats the word "remember"‚ but the speaker uses the reiteration of the word "forget" towards the end. This supports the change in tone;

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    Tone can be defined as the attitude that a poem’s speaker takes toward the poem’s subject (Marchbank). Interpreting the tone of a poem can be very difficult‚ because one must weigh all the elements of poetry to read its tone. The tone of a poem shapes the ideas the poem is communicating‚ so misreading the tone is misreading the entire poem. In the poem‚ "Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night‚" by Dylan Thomas‚ diction and form serve to create the tone of the poem. In William Wordsworth’s poem‚ "I

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    Sonnet 18

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    where people are driven by passion‚ dreams‚ needs and love. Among these values love is the most amazing power‚ which changes people life and destiny. During our lifetime they experience different types of love; however the most expiring love is always dedicated to their loved. Poets‚ writers‚ scientist try to express the existence of true love‚ which can live forever. Does the true‚ immortal love exist? Do people can keep loving only one person all life? These questions are actual and meaningful today

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    Examples of Poetry

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    Types of Poetry Examples Learning about the different types of poetry is often easier when you review examples of the different types. Each example gives you the opportunity to see the differences between the style and tone of each type. Ads by Google Spiritual Healing. Visit John of God. Send photos to John of Godwww.MiraclesOfJohnOfGod.com/ Examples Highlight the Poetic Types Each type of poetry is characterized by its own style. By understanding the various styles‚ you are better able to

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    Sonnet 138

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    a poem to be classified as a sonnet‚ it must meet certain structural requirements‚ and Sonnet 138‚ "When my love swears that she is made of truth‚" is a perfect example. Shakespeare employs the traditional rhyme scheme of the English sonnet‚ the poem is made up of three quatrains and a rhyming couplet‚ and iambic pentameter is the predominant meter. However‚ it would be an error to approach this poem as a traditional Shakespearean love sonnet. It is a ‘love’ poem in the sense that a relationship

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    Astrophil and Stella Sonnets

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    Sonnets 1-31 1. The author opens this first sonnet by explaining his motivation for composing the sonnet sequence. He believes that if his love were to read the sonnets‚ she would eventually return his affection. He argues that her pleasure in his pain would cause her to read his sonnets‚ and her reading of the sonnets would allow her to know the extent of his affection‚ which might make her pity the author’s situation-and this pity may transform into grace and love. The author also describes his

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    Sonnet Writing

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    illustrates a sonnet within a sonnet that tells the story of a boy writing a love letter on a plane. As she watches over his shoulder‚ the author acts in an invasive yet inquisitive manner as she intrudes on the love that the boy is trying to express. He seems reluctant to write and torn between his decision to leave and his love for his teenage beau. As she watches him write‚ “It’s naive to think we could be just good friends‚” she appears to be bitter‚ frustrated and jaded about love in general.

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    Sonnet 73

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    Sonnet 73 Marissa Brown Writing 122 In Sonnet 73 by William Shakespeare‚ he describes scenes of nature at a time of their endings to place pictures in mind of how he feels he is losing his youth. He feels his life has little time left like leaves on a tree towards the end of fall. In realizing this‚ he knows he doesn’t want to be completely gone such as the “sunset fadeth in the west”. He wants to be continued to be loved and remembered such as ashes that are left after a burning fire. As Shakespeare

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