SONNET 146 Poor soul‚ the center of my sinful earth‚ Lord of these rebel powers that thee array‚ Why dost thou pine within and suffer dearth‚ Painting thy outward walls so costly gay? Why so large cost‚ having so short a lease‚ Dost thou upon thy fading mansion spend? Shall worms‚ inheritors of this excess‚ Eat up thy charge? is this thy body’s end? Then soul‚ live thou upon thy servant’s loss‚ And let that pine to aggravate thy store; Buy terms divine in selling hours of dross;
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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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behavior of highway bridges has increased in recent years‚ due to the introduction of high-speed vehicles. Under loads of high speed‚ the bridges subject to large dynamic effects. Therefore‚ the demands on highway bridge structures are increased. The dynamic aspects have often shown to be the governing factor in the structural design. Generally‚ for all highway bridges induced by vehicle speeds over 200 km/h‚ dynamic analysis is required. A correct understanding of Highway Bridge dynamic is essential
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That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves‚ or none‚ or few‚ do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold‚ Bare ruined choirs‚ where late the sweet birds sang. In me thou see’st the twilight of such day As after sunset fadeth in the west; Which by and by black night doth take away‚ Death’s second self‚ that seals up all in rest. In me thou see’st the glowing of such fire‚ That on the ashes of his youth doth lie‚ As the death-bed‚ whereon it must expire‚ Consumed
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When I’ve fallen out of favor with fortune and men‚ I all alone beweep my outcast state All alone I weep over my position as a social outcast‚ And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries And pray to heaven‚ but my cries go unheard‚ And look upon myself and curse my fate‚ And I look at myself‚ cursing my fate‚ Wishing me like to one more rich in hope‚ Wishing I were like one who had more hope‚ Featured like him‚ like him with friends possess’d‚ Wishing I looked like him; wishing I were
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The song that chose for my solo performance is Under the Bridge by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The composers were John Frusciante‚ Anthony Kiedis‚ Flea and Chad Smith. John Frusciante did the guitar parts. This piece was composed in America at a studio session in preparation for their second album with John‚ "Blood Sugar Sex Magik." The characteristics that define this piece of work was the speed‚ which it was quite slow‚ intensity‚ which it wasn’t too intense‚ the type of singing‚ which it was done
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Both Spenser ’s Sonnet 75 and Shakespeare ’s Sonnet 19 similarly claim to bestow immortality upon the beloved. Despite similar themes‚ however‚ these sonnets contrast sharply. Spenser ’s sonnet ostensibly reports a conversation between the poet and his beloved‚ whereas Shakespeare ’s sonnet directly addresses personified time‚ and shows the greater dramatic flair. Spenser ’s first two words‚ "One day"‚ eschew drama by setting his poem in a vague and unparticularised past. Line 1 tells
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Shakespeare’s sonnets The author and the period: William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised) – 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright. His extant works consist of about 38 plays‚ 154 sonnets‚ two long narrative poems‚ two epitaphs on a man named John Combe‚ one epitaph on Elias James‚ and several other poems. His plays have been translated into most of the language and are still performed in the theatre nowadays. Shakespeare
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Once Upon a Time’‚ was written by Gabriel Okara‚ who is a Nigerian poet. He often explains what happens when a traditional African culture meets the forces of the Western way of life. I think the poem was written to outline the fake personalities of many people and to try and get them to return to a natural and innocent state. The poem tells of the conversation between what seems to be a father and son‚ where the father wants to learn from his son how to go back to normality and no longer be
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William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 129 William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 129 is a classic Shakespearian Sonnet from his distinguished collection published in 1609. The Shakespearean Sonnet is unquestionably the most intellectual and dramatic of poetic forms and‚ when written well‚ is a masterpiece not only of poetic talent but intellectual talent as well. Like the majority of sonnets‚ Sonnet 129 has fourteen lines and is organized into an octave followed by a sestet; or more in depth‚ three quatrains followed
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