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Sonnet
Poems that often follow iambic pentameter, the format has evolved over the centuries. Shakespeare is one of the most famous, along with John Milton and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Also done in Italian and French, they typically rhyme and have a specific pattern of emphasis on the lines.
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Shakespeare's sonnets are relevant today because they are based on relationships. Not only do they reflect issues that plague relationships such as sex and courtship but the themes of these sonnets are also based on key things in life. such as love and the importance of beauty.
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What does the narrator in ''Sonnet 130'' consider ''rare''?
His mistress. He considers her to be as outstanding as any woman whose beauty has been hyped with unrealistic comparisons.
Is there alliteration in shakespeare sonnet 42?
Shakespeare's sonnet 42 (That thou hast her) has some weak alliterations, particularly on 'l', scattered through the poem:
A loss in love that touches me more nearly.
If I lose thee, my loss is my love's gain,
but alliteration is not an important technique in this poem (it is neither structural nor semantically significant).
The important techniques to look at in this sonnet are parallel construction (in the second line above, 'lose' is echoed by 'loss' and antithesised by 'gain'), and especially word repetition.
What is Shakespeare's long poem venus and adonis about?
It's mostly about sex. That's right. Venus finds Adonis in the woods and she seduces him, but he is really more interested in hunting than girls. The disappointed Venus arranges for him to die shortly thereafter in a hunting accident. The semi-pornographic nature of the poem probably accounted for its enormous popularity.
What year was sonnet 130 written?
After 1564 (when Shakespeare was born) and before 1609, when it was published.
What're the difference between epic ballad and sonnet?
which is the longest poem- a sonnet, an epic, or a ballad?
What is the rhyme scheme of sonnet 55?
ABAB CDCD EFEF
^ Every sonnet has the same rhyme scheme
Every sonnet also has 14 lines.
there are a few exceptions but these are the general rules.
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What is the longest poem - a sonnet an epicor a ballet?
A Sonnet is the shortest (14 lines) and an epic is the longest most of the time. But ballads and epics have no length requirements so a balled could be longer.
In sonnet 130 what does the final couplet say about the speakers feelings?
I believe it means that even though his mistress' outer looks are terrible, he still loves her for who she is.
What is true about the rhyme schemes of the quatrains in Shakespeares sonnets?
They all have the form abab.
For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings?
It's not exactly a question, though, I suppose the answer must be
'That then I scorn to change my state with kings.'
- William Shakespeare, 'Sonnet XXIX'
What does Shakespeare's sonnet 43 mean?
Here is the sonnet, followed by a modern-English representation:
When most I wink then do mine eyes best see,
For all the day they view things unrespected;
But when I sleep, in dreams they look on thee,
And, darkly bright, are bright in dark directed.
And thou, whose shadow shadows doth make bright,
How would thy shadow's form form happy show
To the clear day with thy much clearer light,
When to unseeing eyes thy shade shines so!
How would, I say, mine eyes be bless-ed made
By looking on thee in the living day,
When in dead night thy fair imperfect shade
Through heavy sleep on sightless eyes doth stay!
All days are nights to see till I see thee
And nights bright days when dreams do show thee me.
My eyes see best when mostly closed to view,
For in my waking hours they see but dross;
But when I sleep, in dreams they look on you
Dark-brightly through that night they beam across.
And you, whose shadow's cast makes all shades bright,
How splendid would you in your person show
To clear of day with your much clearer light,
When to unsighted eyes your shade shines so!
And oh how blest would be my eyes if laid
Upon your person in the living day,
When in dead night your fair but copy shade,
Engraved on sleeping eyes, won't go away!
All days are nights until it's you I see,
And nights bright days when dreams show you to me.
The original poem makes play with the words "shadow" and "shade": a device used in several of the Sonnets. This evokes Plato's philosophy that the world experienced by humans is only a reflection of a greater, but not directly perceived, reality. Plato's analogy was of men being confined to a gloomy cave, in which they perceive the events of a wider, real world, outside the cave, only as images cast on to the cave walls.
Following this concept, the real thing is an original or, as in line 6, a "form" (ie something which forms other things) and lesser imitations or perceptions are but shadows or reflections of that reality. The term "shade" continues to evoke this concept in modern English, with its alternative meaning of "ghost" or insubstantiality. So, too, does "shadow", as in "he's but a shadow of his former self".
Lines 3 and 4 of the original reflect the concept, prevalent in Shakespeare's time, that eyes projected a form of light.
What is special about a sonnet?
A sonnet is unique in that it has 14 rhyming lines of equal length. Two of the most famous writers of sonnets in the English language were William Shakespeare and Edmund Spenser.
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How is Shakespeare as a sonneteer?
As a sonneteer, he is pretty good. In fact, he is one of the most famous writers of sonnets in history.
Who did Shakespeare dedicate most of his sonnets to?
Shakespeare made no formal dedication of his sonnets. The first publication of Shakespeare's Sonnets in 1609 contained an address by its publisher (evidently Thomas Thorpe) to a "Mr WH". For more on this matter read Who was Mr WH? at the link below.
Which poet bases his sonnets on religious thought?
There are many many European poets who have written sonnets of religious devotion.
Probably the two most important in English are John Donne (with his Holy Sonnets) and G M Hopkins with his Terrible Sonnets (including 'I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day).
See the related link for further information.
Who publisher William Shakespeare sonnet's without his permission?
Thomas Thorpe registered the book of Shakespeare's Sonnets (he got a licence to print the book) in 1609. The book was printed by George Eld, then sold through two booksellers William Aspley and John Wright.
In the first edition of the sonnets there is a very strange dedication signed T. T. (probably Thomas Thorpe again) which suggests that the sonnets were sourced from a Mr. W. H. (never identified).
Some critics have suggested that since the sonnets don't have Shakespeare's own name on the dedication, they may have been published without his permission.
But there is really no evidence for this. Perhaps Shakespeare just didn't think his sonnets were that important, and couldn't be bothered.
Why did the author of the sonnet xviii compare the beauty of a woman to the summer?
Actually that poem was probably written to a man, not a woman, but Shakespeare is in any case making the point that physical beauty is fleeting but if it is encapsulated in art, it lasts forever.
