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    The Immortality of Literature Immortality is not impossible to achieve‚ it is in fact a very possible thing through literature. In Sonnet 75 by Edmund Spenser‚ the speaker tells a brief tale about himself and his mistress‚ debating about mortality one day at the beach. In Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare‚ the persona is speaking to his lover via the poem; he compliments him and states that his beauty will live on forever through this poem. Sonnet 75 by Spenser and Sonnet 18 by Shakespeare are similar

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    and Sonnets RL 2 Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text‚ including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text. RL 5 Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact. Sonnet 30 Sonnet 75 Poetry by Edmund Spenser Meet the Author Edmund Spenser

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    “intellectual exploration” (Sayre 2015‚ 467) in which people began to redefine the meaning of art and literature. Specifically in the sixteenth century “Elizabethan Era” of England‚ a new form of literature was born: the sonnet. Known as a “little song” (Sayre 2015‚ 648)‚ the sonnet comprises of two types: Italian (Petrarchan) and English (Shakespearean). The English sonnet was standardized by William Shakespeare in which the format consists of three quatrains‚ an ending couplet‚ and iambic pentameter. This

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    Edmund Spenser's Sonnet 75

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    Analysis of Edmund Spenser’s Sonnet 75 This poem is one of the eighty-nine sonnets that Edmund Spenser wrote about his courtship and marriage with Elizabeth Boyle. By reading through some of them we can get a clear picture of what was their relationship like and how Spenser could put into verse his deep emotions that he cherished towards his wife. In this essay I will analyse this sonnet by examinig and interpreting its formal and contextual structure. First of all‚ I will analyse the formal structure

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    SONNET 34” by Edmund Spenser Sonnet 34‚ which is included in a collection of poems known as “Amoretti” by Edmund Spenser‚ was published in 1595. Throughout this poem the speaker expresses feelings of depression and anguish because of the loss of his beloved. However‚ he is not pessimistic at all since he knows that his love for her will bring him joy once more. This poem is a Spenserian sonnet which is composed of three quatrains and a final couplet. The rhyme pattern is abab bcbc cdcd ee written

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    By WinnieYin The Analysis of Antithesis in Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 and Sonnet 130 【Summary】This paper is a study of the approach of antithesis‚ which is embodied in Shakespeare’s sonnet 18 and sonnet 130. By the comparison between his fair friend and a summer’s day‚ we can see the contrast is one of the major approaches employed in these two sonnets. This is an effective way to make the objective prominent. While his greatness does not lie in the adoption of this common way of writing‚ it lies in

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    Both Spensers Sonnet 75 and Shakespeares Sonnet 19 similarly claim to bestow immortality upon the beloved. Despite similar themes‚ however‚ these sonnets contrast sharply. Spensers sonnet ostensibly reports a conversation between the poet and his beloved‚ whereas Shakespeares sonnet directly addresses personified time‚ and shows the greater dramatic flair. Spensers first two words‚ "One day"‚ eschew drama by setting his poem in a vague and unparticularised past. Line 1 tells

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    Edmund Spenser Sonnet 30

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    Sonnet 30 by Edmund Spenser figurative devices theme My love is like to ice‚ and I to fire: simile comparing his love for her to fire‚ hers for him to ice How comes it then that this her cold so great Is not dissolved through my so hot desire‚ But harder grows the more I her entreat? Rhetorical question relating to her increasing coldness towards him the more he desires her Or how comes it that my exceeding heat Is not

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    Sonnet 75 by Edmund Spenser seem to be about author attempts to immortalize his wife and the love of his life by use of symbols‚ her name and heaven‚ external conflicts‚ and alliteration. He puts himself in the center of his poem‚ express very personal thoughts‚ emotion and convictions. This poem‚ the author uses the poetic elements quatrains‚ couplet at the end. The 1st stanza is quatrain and the rhyme scheme is ABAB. The author and his woman were walking along the shore of the beach‚ and he attempts

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    Sonnet 75Edmund Spenser is one of the most widely known Elizabethan poets. He often put himself in the center of his poems‚ expressing very personal thoughts‚ emotions‚ and convictions. Such poetry‚ known as ’lyric‚’ became popular during Spenser’s time where poems were more focused on the individual. In his poem known as Sonnet 75Spenser proclaims his love to his woman with the use of symbols‚ her name and heaven‚ external conflicts‚ and alliteration. When it comes to Spencer’s “Sonnet

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