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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Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116 I chose this poem somewhat at random since I felt that the main point of this assignment was to read a poem and interpret it for ourselves with no influence from others. I think the most disputable‚ if not confusing‚ aspect of this poem to me was whom it was addressed to. It sounded to me like it was either self-reflection about what love is‚ or perhaps more likely advice to another person about love. I would like to discuss the structure of the poem for just
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Sonnets 50 and 51 paired together depict a theme of travel. Specifically‚ the speakers travels on horseback. These travels cause him great despair because he is leaving behind his beloved young man. Shakespeare begins the poem with “How heavy do I journey on the way”. Heavy is describing the emotional burden he feels as he reluctanly leaves his friend. As the sonnet continues‚ the speakers feelings of misery become greater. Consequently‚ he draws an analogy between himself and the horse
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Sonnet 129 is an interesting poem in Shakespeare’s set of sonnets‚ supposedly‚ addressed to his dark mistress. This sonnet is full figurative language and other poetic devices that let the reader know exactly how the poet feels about the emotions and dangers associated with lust. He also uses interesting punctuation choices that create the flow and tone of the poem. As the readers‚ we do not know who this poem is addressed to due to the lack of thou‚ he‚ or she in the poem. It does seem to be describing
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The excerpts from Elegiac Sonnets by Charlotte Smith come across as very sad. From the four separate readings by her it is seemed like Smith was maybe depressed. Beginning with Written as the Close of Spring the beginning is beautiful with talk about flowers blooming and spring. Then‚ begging at line 9 it gets sad. She begins talking about humanity and how frail and fair it is. She is talking about how when we age we loose our youth and don’t bud anymore‚ as flowers do. The next excerpt in Charlotte
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is “a statement that one thing is something else‚ in which‚ in a literal sense‚ it is not.” When we are dealing with Sonnets‚ it is a poem that consists of fourteen lines that rhyme. There are thousands of poems that is centralized around love and William Shakespeare has a lot to share with the world. Sonnet 116‚ and 18 will be examples. Metaphors are revealed in many sonnets. Sonnet 116 by Shakespeare is about William praising love and how much he idolizes the idea of it and at the end of the poem
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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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and powerful ways. Love is expressed in the poems Sonnet 18 by Shakespeare and Crikey by Cilla McQueen through ideas of eternal beauty and being overwhelmed by love; and the feelings of excitement and longing for the preservation of the love conveyed. To determine the accuracy of the statement ‘poets express ideas and feeling about love in different ways’ the two poems that are being analysed firstly need to be compared. Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 uses iambic pentameter to develop a beat at which
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Dawson College Work presented to Mr. Roy Cartlidge English 101 10/18/06 An explanation of Sonnet CXXX The poem I chose to analyze is Sonnet CXXX (130) by William Shakespeare. This poem can be seen as either a humorous tribute to his lover or a way to mock other poets of his time. I say humorous because there is no use of over the top metaphors or allusions as he does not compare his love to a goddess nor compare her beauty to rare and beautiful objects found in nature. References
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after Independence Since 1947‚ India has been celebrating Independence Day to rejoice in her freedom from imperialism. Its essence is also to recall how much suffering people had undergone during the British rule.We all are now ready to celebrate 65 years of Indian Independence‚ which is obviously a good day to sing patriotic songs‚ listen to dignitaries’ speeches and feel passionate about our motherland. However‚ we tend to forget the basic introspection required that where are we heading‚ as
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