Essays on Shakespeare's Sonnets

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  • Analysis Of Sonnet 130

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    In this sonnet William Shakespeare talks about a loved one who he compares to things that are suppose to be beautiful His comparison gives the reader a good idea on what his lover looks like The real side of his lover and not what is usually stated in sonnets about a loved one What he is trying say is that love doesnt have to be excessive and extravagant its the simple things that the heart truly beats for He realizes that his mistress is not perfect but despite this he is able to accept her fo

  • Analysis of Sonnet 16

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    Analysis of Sonnet 16 Sonnet 16 is a ravishing poem It presents an argument that appears to be abstract or philosophical not personal at all not interested in the narrow sense And impediment which is generally required in a sonnet is named by the poet only so that he may specifically disallow it What shall we make of the contradiction Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds Or bends with the remover to remove O no it is a

  • Commentary Of Sonnet 144

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    This poem is written by one of the greatest poets and dramatists of all time William Shakespeare and is among one of his popular sonnets which describes the interwoven relationship between comfort personified as the young man and despair personified as the woman in Shakespeare The battle is between heaven and hell between the spirit and the body and the body seems to triumph over the spirit Poet examines his ambiguity he prefers to be guided by his better angel who is right fair but he is tempt

  • Commentary on Sonnet 130

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    Essay William Shakespeare Sonnet 130 The poem Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare is about love but it talks about it in a very different way than most love poems do That is because it contains irony and parody as stylistic devices It compares the mistress the speaker of the poem loves beautiful things although the womans features are the opposite of beauty In the first quatrain the speaker says her eyes are nothing like the sun her lips are less red than coral her breasts are dun colored compare

  • Commentary on Sonnet 130

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    From time immemorial poems expressing love and beauty have always been a common theme Lovers are always portrayed on a pedestal possessing ethereal goddess like qualities However in Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare metaphoric contrast is used to depict his mistress as a rare natural beauty Shakespeare ridicules the traditional expression of love while successfully expressing his own The rhyme scheme of this sonnet follows an abab cdcd efef gg pattern As a Shakespearean sonnet it is organized i

  • Idolisation of Lovers in Sonnet 127 and Sonnet 130

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    Towards the end of Shakespeares sonnets his preoccupation seems to be less with the fair young blonde and is steered in another direction towards that of a more mysterious dark lady Where sonnets in the fair youth section seem to be more straightforward focussing on beauty and its preservation against time The dark lady section however is far more thoughtful and takes a totally different angle on love in some poems dubbing it a maddening disease In Sonnet 130 Shakespeare instead of exaggerating

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