Sonnet

These lines from Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 are an example of paradox. The speaker is using a paradox to show that despite the unpleasant comparison of his mistress to perfume, there is still something delightful about her. The use of paradox adds complexity and depth to the speaker's feelings.

Filipinos are one of the world's well known in the field of music singing and composition because many Filipinos got a great career in this industry. Filipinos are mostly well-known in the music genre called ballads, such as Regine Velasquez, Christian Bautista, Jed Madela and many more.

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"My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; / Coral is far more red than her lips' red;"

My mistress's eyes look nothing like the sun; coral is far more red than her lips are.

"If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; / If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head."

If snow is white, then her breasts are a dull brown (in comparison); if hairs are wires, then black wires grow on her head.

"I have seen roses damask'd, red and white / But no such roses see I in her cheeks;"

I have seen roses of pink, red, and white, but her cheeks are none of these colors;

"And in some perfumes is there more delight / Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks."

No, a sonnet traditionally consists of 14 lines. The most common form is the Shakespearean or English sonnet, which follows a specific rhyme scheme and structure. Deviating from 14 lines would not be considered a sonnet in the traditional sense.

Thomas Gray's Sonnet on the Death of Richard West is a lamentation over the untimely death of Gray's close friend Richard West. The poem expresses Gray's sorrow and sense of loss, paying tribute to West's intelligence, potential, and friendship. It reflects on the ephemeral nature of life and the inevitability of death, while also serving as a personal reflection on grief and mourning.

A 'ballad' is basically a story poem, but one which tells only the main points of a story. Ballads usually have little or no characterisation, and very limited description of people or places. A ballad just cuts to the chase: like a cartoon or an action film.

In English, many ballads are written in Ballad Metre. But you don't have to write a ballad in Ballad Metre, it is the way you tell the story that makes your poem a ballad.

Southey wrote many ballads. The Inchcape Rock is a good example: a simple story, simply told. Southey gives very little time to describing where the story happens, or what the characters in his story are thinking:- he just gets on with the tale.

This phrase implies that one's love for someone will only continue to grow stronger even after they have passed away. It suggests that love transcends physical boundaries and can persist even in death.

I saw the other day when I went shopping in the store

A man I hadn't ever, ever seen in there before,

A man whose leg was broken and who leaned upon a crutch-

I asked him very kindly if it hurt him very much.

"Not at all!" said the broken-legg'd man.

I ran around behind him for I thought that I would see

The broken leg all bandaged up and bent back at the knee;

But I didn't see the leg at all, there wasn't any there,

So I asked him very kindly if he had it hid somewhere.

"Not at all!" said the broken-legg'd man.

"Then where," I asked him, "is it? Did a tiger bite it off?

Or did you get your foot wet when you had a nasty cough?

Did someone jump down on your leg when it was very new?

Or did you simply cut it off because you wanted to?"

"Not at all!" said the broken-legg'd man.

"What was it then?" I asked him, and this is what he said:

"I crossed a busy crossing when the traffic light was red;

A big black car came whizzing by and knocked me off my feet."

"Of course you looked both ways," I said, "before you crossed the street."

"Not at all!" said the broken-legg'd man.

"They rushed me to the hospital right quickly, "he went on,

"And when I woke in nice white sheets I saw my leg was gone;

That's why you see me walking now on nothing but a crutch."

"I'm glad," said I, "you told me, and I thank you very much!"

"Not at all!" said the broken-legg'd man.

Yes, English sonnets are almost always written in iambic pentameter. In fact, this is true of all sonnets, even the Italian ones from which the English writers drew their inspiration. Shakespeare used this metre throughout his work as well as in the sonnets.

The rhyme scheme of Astrophel and Stella Sonnet 31 is ABABABCC.

It was his last sonnet and the whole sonnet can be found in his autobiography, "The Biography of R.S., As I Remember Him." 1940 by Hans Zinsser.

There are no hard-and-fast rules, but generally a Shaksperian sonnet will have fourteen lines with three groups of four, followed by a pair at the end.

Petrarchian sonnets have eight lines in two groups of four, and there are still further types with differing numbers. Usually, however, the Shaksperean form is used.

In Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare, the speaker compares his lover's beauty to traditional beauty standards and notes that her lips are not as red as coral. He emphasizes the natural and realistic aspects of her appearance by highlighting how her lips are not artificially colored, but rather a subdued and authentic shade of red.

The first sonnet sequence in English was Philip Sidney's Astrophel and Stella - published in 1591, but probably composed in the early 1580's. (It was common to circulate poems in manuscript before publication).

Sidney's sequence has 'songs' interspersed with the sonnets, but the sonnets carry the narrative of the sequence.

It's Monday morning at 7:01. You're still half asleep; your homework's half done. Your shower is cold; your oatmeal's dry. Your mother forgets to kiss you good-bye. You're walking to school; it's thirty degrees. Your fingers won't work; your toes and ears freeze. Your zipper is stuck; your left sneaker squeaks. Your backpack strap snaps; your soup thermos leaks. You slip on school steps; you trip in the hall. The toilet floods in the bathroom stall. The gym door is locked; library's the same. The principal greets you by the wrong name. Your classroom is hot; the coat rack is packed. Your bean sprout is dead; your clay pot is cracked. Your pencils are dull; the sharpener jams. Your fingers get crunched when your desktop slams. Your math partner's gone; your neighbor is rude. Your teacher's again in a crabby mood. The morning bell rings; it is 8:01. Come cozy up to the whiteboard, Another school day's begun.

Penta refers to five... like in pentagon and other words

Pentameter refers to the meter of a poem in which there are five feet per line. The foot is the unit of rhythm--usually two and sometimes three syllables. Iambic refers to the type of foot used. It is rising, meaning the feet have an unstressed followed by a stressed syllable.


For example the couplet in Shakespeare's sonnet 29 exaggerated:


for THY/ sweet LOVE/ reMEM/bered SUCH/ wealth BRINGS
that THEN/ i SCORN/ to CHANGE/ my STATE/ with KINGS

A poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter is called blank verse. It is a form of poetry commonly used in English literature, characterized by having ten syllables per line with alternating stressed and unstressed syllables. Blank verse is often used in plays and epic poems.

Both Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare and the poem "When Great Dogs Fight" by Ray A. Young Bear explore the theme of the contrast between appearance and reality. In Sonnet 130, Shakespeare discusses the speaker's realistic view of his lover's imperfections, while in "When Great Dogs Fight," the poet uses the metaphor of the dogs fighting to symbolize the clash of power and aggression in society. Both works demonstrate a deeper understanding beyond surface appearances.

it is a free verse

Yes, women did write sonnets. Some notable female sonnet writers include Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Christina Rossetti, and Edna St. Vincent Millay, among others. These poets made significant contributions to the sonnet tradition.

The theme of Sonnet 116 is the steadfastness of true love, which is unaffected by time or external circumstances. The speaker emphasizes that love is an unchanging force that transcends physical beauty and endures even in the face of obstacles.