The poem that I chose for my Performance Task is Sonnet 30 by William Shakespeare. This sonnet shares deep emotions as the speaker reflects upon the past. It expresses in writing the process of being reminded of former times and individuals who were once very close to the heart. This feeling is something that we all have experienced at one time in their lives. Symbolism is the practice or art of using an object or a word to represent an abstract idea. In this poem symbolism is a key figurative
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ne’s Holy Sonnet 10: Death Be Not Proud Donne’s Holy Sonnet 10‚ “Death‚ be not proud” expresses the speaker feelings towards death. He uses personification by addressing death as if it was a human. In the first stanza the author says: Death‚ be not proud‚ though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful‚ for thou art not so; For those‚ whom thou think’s thou dost overthrow‚ Die not‚ poor Death‚ nor yet canst thou kill me. (1-4) From the tone of the stanza it may seem like the speaker is talking
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Shakespeare’s Sonnet 092‚ the speaker has great ignorance of the term love. He is ignorance to believe that nothing shall go wrong with his relationship. Having the audacity to say that he will take his life if his lover rejects him with a bold demeanor. This way of seeing perfect love can be considered bliss. The way Shakespeare formatted the poem and his choice of words suggest that with love‚ there is ignorance. With ignorance‚ there comes bliss. At the beginning of the sonnet‚ the speaker starts
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to mind‚ even though it really wasnt over a meal. It was a group of kids different by every facet of life swho came together and bonded over something and came to know each other greatly just because they had one thing in common. Chapter 4: sonnets
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Sonnet 130 Shakespeare put a twist on how similes and metaphors are used to compare the girl the narrator loves to other girls and/or things that represent beauty. Instead of using similes and metaphors to compare things that are alike‚ Shakespeare used them to contrast the girl with different things that she is not. In other words‚ he used them to show everything that the girl is different in‚ doesn’t have‚ and is flawed in. Shakespeare does this to show that the narrator truly loves the girl
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Appreciation of Shakespeare’s sonnet 18 William Shakespeare (1564～1616) born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon‚ was an English poet and playwright‚ widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England’s national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works‚ including some collaboration‚ consist of about 38 plays‚ 154 sonnets‚ two long narrative poems‚ and several other poems. Shakespeare produced most of his known
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the speaker says that the birds may sing when the beloved is gone‚ but it is with “so dull a cheer” that the leaves‚ listening‚ become fearful that winter is upon them. The seasons‚ so often invoked as a metaphor for the passage of time in the sonnets‚ are here metaphorized‚ and function as a kind of delusional indication of how deeply the speaker misses the company of the beloved. As the second quatrain reveals‚ the speaker spends some time apart from the beloved in “summer’s time‚” in late summer
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Explication of Sonnet 147 Love is a disease. Desire is deadly. When one thinks about Shakespeare’s sonnets‚ the instinctual response is the thought of romance. For instance the adoring lines‚ “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day/ Thou are more lovely and more temperate” (Sonnet 18‚ 1-2)‚ are thought to be the most famous words from a Shakespearean sonnet. However‚ instead of describing love in a starry-eyed fashion‚ Shakespeare discusses the punitive characteristics of love in Sonnet 147. The persona
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Sonnet 33 by William Shakespeare‚ expresses the love that poet has for his lover or son. The poem follows the conventional English sonnet format with a rhyme scheme of abab‚ cdcd‚ efef‚ gg. The poem contains three quatrains and one couplet. How does the poet’s image of alchemy contribute to love and the motif of gold coinage and valuation? The poet begins by talking about his experiences of many beautiful sun rises. The sun could be looked at in two different ways. The “sun” in the poem suggests
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Analysis Of Sonnet 1 Reproducing is often done by choice. Some choose not to have children and there are many reason for they’re choices. Reproducing is a joy of bringing a new life into this world. In Sonnet 1 Shakespeare expresses his views on individuals reproducing to share they’re beauty and joy with the world by bringing a new life into it instead of being selfish by not having child when you have the ability to. Reproducing can change your life in so many ways. The speaker compares the
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