In Sonnet 73, the contrast between the speaker and his beloved is that the speaker is growing old and nearing the end of his life, while his beloved is depicted as young, vibrant, and full of life. This contrast highlights the fleeting nature of life and the beauty of youth.
In Sonnet 73, the speaker's age affects his beloved by making her treasure their valuable time together. She realizes how quickly life goes by.
The speaker will love her beloved in life and in death (God willing).
dramatic monologue
When something is stated it is said outright. When it is implied, it is not stated outright, but the speaker intends you to understand it anyway. If I say "People should not ask such stupid questions on WikiAnswers", it is stated that nobody ought to ask such a question, but it is implied that you already have.
The sonnet features an external rather than an internal audience, as the speaker addresses and describes the qualities of the beloved. The sonnet is written to immortalize the beauty of the beloved through the words of the speaker.
One example of irony in the poem "Endymion" by John Keats is the contrast between the speaker's idealized vision of love and the challenges and hardships that love actually brings. The speaker's pursuit of an idealized love leads to suffering and longing, highlighting the irony of seeking perfection in an imperfect world. Additionally, the use of nature imagery to symbolize the idealized love adds to the ironic contrast between reality and the speaker's romanticized expectations.
In "Mending Wall," the speaker values tradition and sees the wall as unnecessary, questioning the need for barriers between neighbors. In contrast, the neighbor values the wall as a symbol of separation and believes in the importance of maintaining boundaries between them.
In Sonnet 39, sleep represents the state of oblivion or unconsciousness where the speaker's beloved exists without awareness of their love. It symbolizes the separation and distance that exists between the speaker and the beloved, emphasizing the feeling of loneliness and longing.
If his beloved worries about him, the speaker in John Donne's poem suggests that her tears may cause storms in heaven. However, he reassures her that their love is strong enough to overcome any obstacles.
trying to understand the speaker's feelings focusing on actual, not implied, language projecting your feelings onto the speaker all of the above
In Sonnet 93, the speaker attributes the quality of having a "sullen heart" to his beloved's face. This suggests that the beloved's face may carry an expression of sadness or inner turmoil, despite external beauty.
Petrarch's sonnet 61 and Catullus's poem "Wretched Catullus, leave off the playing fool" both explore themes of unrequited love and the pain of rejection. While Petrarch's sonnet focuses on the speaker's internal struggles and longing for his beloved, Catullus's poem is more direct in its criticism of the beloved's actions and the speaker's emotional turmoil. Both works showcase the complexities and emotional intensity of love and heartbreak.