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    Holy Sonnet 10 Although Elizabethan times are characterized by romantic and highly ornamented poetry devoted to the exploration of the human feelings‚ there was also a group of bold poets in the 17th Century who took their words to a rather analytical side of the abstracts aspects of life. John Donne‚ one of Metaphysical Poetry’s main figures‚ stands out for his choice of simple words to approach more complex themes of life. In ‘‘Holy Sonnet 10’’‚ Donne brings Death to human level in which he

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    In this essay I will be writing about the presentation of love in the poems: Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare‚ Sonnet 71 also by William Shakespeare‚ Remember written by Christina Rossetti‚ Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas‚ A Mother In A Refugee Camp by Chinua Achebe and Piano written by David Herbert Lawrence. The first idea of love presented by Shakespeare in Sonnet 116 is that love can overcome obstacles that arise in the journey of love. In the first quatrain Shakespeare

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    Sonnet 43 was written in secret in Petrarchan style by Elizabeth Barrut Browning. It was written in first person with dominant figure of speech anaphora. Expressing the intense love she feels for her husband-to-be‚ Whereas Sonnet 116 is about love in the most ideal form. It admires people who have got together freely and base their relationship on trust and understanding. Both of the poems are written in iambic pentameter form and the key theme is passionate‚ romantic love and marriage. Sonnet 43

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    artist of words in the era of language known as sonnet poetry. Sonnet poetry divides into three quatrains (four-line groupings) and a final couplet‚ rhyming abab cdcd efef gg. The structure of the English sonnet usually follows the Petrarchan‚ or explores variations on a theme in the first three quatrains and concludes with an epigrammatic couplet. In sonnet sequences‚ or cycles‚ a series of sonnets are linked by a common theme. Within Shakespeare’s Sonnet sixty‚ Shakespeare explains the importance of

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    WebQuest: Searching for Sonnet 116 INTRODUCTION It’s confusing‚ reading. Especially poetry. Except when it’s not. Sometimes we can just let poetry wash over us as we float in the words‚ the ebb and flow of the meter and the rhyme syncing with our heartbeat.  But other times‚ we get stuck. We wonder. Then we ... check out‚ right? It’s just too hard.  I mean‚ really‚ when you get lost‚ you get out your GPS on your phone.  What’s all this about stars and astrolabes and barks? But wait -- I know you

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    Sonnet 130 and My Ugly Love Contrast and Comparison Shakespeare’s sonnet 130‚ “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” and Pablo Neruda’s “My ugly love” are popularly known to describe beauty in a way hardly anyone would write: through the truth. It’s a common fact that modern lovers and poets speak or write of their beloved with what they and the audience would like to hear‚ with kind and breathtaking words and verses. Yet‚ Shakespeare and Neruda‚ honest men as they both were‚ chose to write

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    A sonnet is a poem of fourteen lines that rhyme in a particular pattern. William Shakespeare’s sonnets were the only non-dramatic poetry that he wrote. Shakespeare used sonnets within some of his plays‚ but his sonnets are best known as a series of one hundred and fifty-four poems. The series of one hundred and fifty-four poems tell a story about a young aristocrat and a mysterious mistress. Many people have analyzed and contemplated about the significance of these “lovers”. After analysis of

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    A comparison of ?Holy Sonnet XIV? by John Donne and ?Sonnet 130? by William Shakespeare John Donne and William Shakespeare both wrote a variety of poems that are both similar within the structure of a Sonnet but with very different content. This essay will compare two of their sonnets ? Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare and the Holy Sonnet by John Donne. John Donne?s poem is a personal sonnet in which John Donne questions his faith in God. It becomes clear from the sonnet that John Donne feels that

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    venerated poets of the Victorian era. Browning’s muse for writing sonnets was her undying love for Robert Browning in spite of her father’s disapproval. Standard sonnet form consists of 14 lines written in iambic pentameter. Elizabeth Barrett Browning works within the standard Italian sonnet tradition by using diction to create shifts throughout her sonnets from Sonnets of the Portuguese to reveal her thoughts regarding love. Sonnet 1 contrasts the optimistic beliefs of Theocritus‚ an ancient Greek

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    William Shakespeare wrote a group of 154 sonnets between 1592 and 1597‚ which were compiled and published under the title Shakespeare’s Sonnets in 1609. Our attention will focus on sonnet 12‚ a remarkable and poignant poem about the relentless passing of time‚ the fading beauty‚ immortality‚ death and Old Age‚ these subjects being typical of all Shakespeare’s Sonnets. Time is omnipresent in everyone’s life‚ just passing and passing inexorably‚ relentlessly‚ so unstoppable. It is a universal problem

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