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There aren't any. This Sonnet is a metaphysical poem, in the style of Donne and his contemporaries, which becomes evident in the first line, "My love is as a fever." This is not a pun, merely a simile. The poem continues with the conceit of comparing love to illness.
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Figure of speech pun in the poem Singular Sangfroid of Baby Bunting?
The use of pun is in the moral of the story. Here the pun is in the word chooses/chews.
What type of figurative language is Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man an example of?
It's an example of a pun.
What is a pun related to letter writing?
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What is the theme of sonnet 145 by Shakespeare?
Sonnet 145 is one of the stranger Shakespeare sonnets, not least because it is in Iambic Tetrameter (eight syllable lines) instead of the much commoner Iambic Pentameter (ten syllables). The poem seems to tell the story of a spat between two lovers. She says: "I hate ...", he fears the worst, but then she lets him off the hook by saying "I hate not you." (we'd more likely say 'I don't hate you' in modern English. The point of the poem is probably contained in the line: 'I hate' from hate away she threw. In one theory, 'Hate away' in the English of Shakespeare's time would have sounded very similar to 'Hathaway'. Anne Hathaway was the maiden name of Shakespeare's wife. On this basis, 145 looks like it might be a poem Shakespeare wrote when he was courting his future wife, probably about a quarrel they had which they later made up well enough for Anne to be already pregnant by the time the couple eventually married. On the other hand, the postulated pun is not particularly good and the odds against the words "hate" and "away" coming together are not that remote, given their context. The theme and flow of the poem dictate that the punchline has to end with "not you" and this would have been the foundation stone in Shakespeare's construction of the final couplet. The penultimate line therefore has to rhyme with "you" as well as convey the sense that "hate" has been diffused. Immediately, the poet would have been confronted with an acute shortage of amenable end words. Candidates include "blew", "threw", "drew" and "flew", all of which, however, are strongly associated with "away" in the necessary context of elimination or diffusion. "Hate" has to appear somewhere in the same line and there are then further poetic constraints which would tend to bring the two words together. With this perspective one might reasonably conclude that Shakespeare's inspiration for the poem had nothing to do with his wife.
What play by Shakespeare is said to contain a reference to the Globe Theatre?
In The Tempest, Prospero has a line containing the phrase, "the great globe itself" but if it is a reference to the playhouse, it is as a pun. The Chorus in Henry V mentions the 'wooden O" in conjunction with the playhouse, but the playhouse in question was not the Globe. The play was first performed before the company built The Globe.
What has the author Kenneth Muir written?
Kenneth Muir has written: 'John Keats' 'Shakespeare the professional' 'The conclusion of 'The winter's tale'' 'Shakespeare's sources' 'William Shakespeare, 'King Lear'' 'Shakespeare's poets' 'The nettle and the flower and other poems' 'This side idolatry' 'Life and letters of Sir Thomas Wyatt' 'The uncomic pun' 'The Comedy of Manners' 'Shakespeare's The winter's tale'
How effective are Shakespeare's pun?
It is very affective; I'm affected by its effects all the time.
What does Johnson's phrase about Shakespeare's 'fatal Cleopatra' refer to?
Johnson's phrase about Shakespeare's 'fatal Cleopatra' refers to the characterization of Cleopatra in William Shakespeare's play "Antony and Cleopatra" as a powerful and alluring figure whose influence ultimately leads to tragedy and downfall for the character of Antony. Johnson highlights Cleopatra's ability to manipulate and captivate Antony, resulting in their fatal end.
Is Anne Hathaway an illuminati?
Anne Hathaway of cottage fame was the wife of Shakespeare! Shakespeare had no connection with the ficitonal organization you are so lit up about ( pun intended).
What does much adieu about nothing mean?
It's either a misquote of Shakespeare's play "Much Ado about Nothing", or it's clever pun on the same.
Why is a pun a pun?
because it just a pun
What books have a pun?
Books on acu pun cture. Crime and Pun ishment.
How do you use pun in a sentence?
I will annoy you with a pun if you don't o-pun this door!
What is a belly pun?
There is nothing found for the term belly pun. A pun is a play on words.
What sort of word is pun?
Pun is a noun.
How do you say anything in Shakespeare?
Depends on what you're trying to say... Be passionate about you work, use iambic pentameter, and old english... a clever rhyme, pun, or malapropism never hurts either(:
Is the word pun an adjective?
No, pun is a noun and a verb.
