countryside; in this sonnet‚ however‚ he recalls a moment when he and his sister Dorothy travelled to London and walked across Westminster Bridge in the early morning‚ before most people were awake. It is interesting that even when in the middle of England’s biggest city he still compares what he can see with the hills and valleys of his home countryside in the Lake District. The poem’s language is remarkably simple – something that Wordsworth was always keen to manage in his writing – perhaps reflecting
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Joan Gardona Andrada II-BSE English Creative Writing (POETRY) Forms Specific poetic forms have been developed by many cultures. In more developed‚ closed or "received" poetic forms‚ the rhyming scheme‚ meter and other elements of a poem are based on sets of rules‚ ranging from the relatively loose rules that govern the construction of an elegy to the highly formalized structure of the ghazal or villanelle. Described below are some common forms of poetry widely used across a number of languages
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Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day? In Shakespearean sonnets (also known as English sonnets)‚ all poems are written about one thing; love. Each sonnet consists of fourteen lines. A sonnet also consists of an iambic pentameter‚ a rhyme scheme in which each sonnet line consists of ten syllables. The syllables are divided into five pairs called iambs or iambic feet. An iamb is a metrical unit made up of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable (such as fare WELL). In each stanza
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Overall‚ Sonnet 116 is in The Cannon because it is a well-written‚ influential poem that Shakespeare created to formally declare the definition of love. While I am particularly partial to poems‚ Frankenstein is an exceptional example of a novel that demonstrates what was important during the time it was written. Frankenstein follows the story of an eccentric scientist‚ Victor Frankenstein‚ who creates a destructive‚ vindictive being that destroys everything Victor cares about. Mary Shelley‚ throughout
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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 due to the fact that they both incorporate the idea
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Exercise 1 Choose from the list in every number‚ the WORD OR PHRASE that you think would be most effective to use in referring to persons you want your readers TO OVE OR ADMIRE‚ consult the dictionary if needed Explain the reason or reasons for your five choices. 1. arrogant‚ affectionate‚ silent 2. determined‚ stubborn‚ stupid 3. liberal‚ bigot‚ old-fashioned 4. sarcastic‚ creative‚ narrow-minded 5. a liar‚ a simpleton a genius _________________________________________________________________________________________________
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mistress’ Eyes are Nothing like the Sun” are beautiful Petrarchan sonnets with a common theme which is love. Both poets talk about his/her love for another person. Though they are Petrarchan sonnets‚ they both have their differences and similarities in their form‚ figures of speech and subject matter. ‘How do I love Thee?’ is a poem written by Elizabeth Browning in 1850 in which she explains her intense love for a man. This is a Petrarchan sonnet; made up of fourteen lines‚ contains an octave‚ sestet‚ and
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class. There has been everything from short stories‚ epics‚ and even sonnets. The stories have gone from battles with monsters to how to treat your women. There have been a lot of these reading that still apply in today’s world. Personally I think that there are some of the reading that can teach you a lot about life and how to carry yourself and treat others. Three of my favorite reading would have to be Beowulf‚ Macbeth‚ and Sonnet 116. Beowulf is one of those stories that make little boys wish they
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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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