-William Shakespeare Sonnet #34 Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day, And make me travel forth without my cloak, To let base clouds o'ertake me in my way, Hiding thy bravery in their rotten smoke? ... -William Shakespeare William Shakespeare's sonnets are grouped in sequence in which they tell a story or suggest a story. ... Later, in line eight, Shakespeare gives the sun the quality of "stealing to the west with disgrace". ... In the sonnets, each quatrain has its own metaphor. ... These sonnets are very similar. ...

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Both sonnets are divided into three quatrains with a rhyming couplet at the end. ... These sonnets are also in iambic pentameter. ... The iambic pentameter in this sonnet is like the ticking of a clock to show time passing. ... This technique illustrates the meaning of the sonnet perfectly. ... It is interesting that this is Shakespeare's 12th sonnet because twelve represents the cycle of the clock. ...

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Sonnet 116 is one of the most famous love poems. The poem was written by William Shakespeare. ... This poem is an English sonnet. ... Doom, in Shakespeare's day was not necessarily bad; it was just a time of judgment. ... Shakespeare says if what I have said is wrong; then, I have never written anything. ...

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Shakespeare's sonnets, although based on the Petrarchan model, are considered to be of their own merit due to the influence they imposed on English Literature. Petrarchan sonnets and Shakespearean sonnets differ in rhyme pattern and theme presentation, their structural similarities are the fourteen lines, consisting of three quatrains and the ending couplet. Shakespeare wrote a collection of fifty sonnets, all connected by his thoughts and desires. It is sometimes difficult to understand who or what the poet is talking about in a single sonnet. ... The couplet in this sonnet is a sta...

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The speaker Shakespeare uses in sonnet 130 is "I." ... Shakespeare uses four examples of run-on-lines in the sonnet. ... Shakespeare also uses end-stopped lines throughout the sonnet. ... Shakespeare uses an abundance of figurative language in his sonnets. ... Shakespeare chooses what senses he wants to incorporate into his sonnet. ...

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My understanding of form and sun-genre have helped to form/shape my reading of Shakespeare's "Sonnet 18" and Gwen Harwood's "Suburban Sonnet". "Suburban Sonnet" and "Sonnet 18" conforms to the sub-genre of a sonnet through the use of specific generic poetic conventions to put forward the ideas of eternal love and immortal beauty, the stressful trap, role and unwanted stress of motherhood. ... Body Paragraph One My understanding of form and sub-genre have helped to form my reading of Shakespeare's "Sonnet 18". ... Overall Sonnet 1...

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Elizabethan Sonnets In Elizabethan Age, the sonnets had advanced into a form with new metric and rhyme scheme that was departing from Petrarchan sonnets. Yet, Elizabethan sonnets still carried the tradition of Petrarchan conceit. ... Sonnet 130 written by William Shakespeare developed into an anti-Petrarchan position by denying the image of Petrarchan poet's mistresses who always were ideal and idolized. ... The couplet often served as a turn in the sonnet. In sonnet 130, its couplet served as a classical twist. ...

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The Difference Between "Night" and "Day" Robert Frost's "Acquainted with the Night" is not a traditional sonnet in form or theme in comparison to Shakespeare's "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" ... Frost's sonnet differs from the traditional Shakespearean sonnet in rhyme scheme, formation of ideas, tone, and theme. ... The mood is set to express Shakespeare's feelings toward his lover. ... The rest of the sonnet is devoted to this comparison. ... Shakespeare and Frost express their own feelings through their sonnets. ...

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Among some of those things written were his ever famous sonnets. ... Of these sonnets one of the greatest he has ever written was sonnet number 18, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?". ... There are also several alliterations to this sonnet. ... Shakespeare wrote a series of sonnets, most of which were probably addressed to a noble young lover for whom he felt deep love and admiration. ... Shakespeare makes use of much symbolism and many other figurative devices in this poem that contribute and emphasize to the overall theme of the poem. ...

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This simple rhyming pattern encourages the reader to recite the sonnet slowly creating a "tranquil" tone. ... The overall tone of the sonnet is appreciation, which Norton lavishes her "friends" the books with. Through her choice of diction, Norton romanticises the sonnet, allowing the reader to confuse this, with a sonnet intended for a lover. ... To My Books, as a performance, would be categorised as a soliloquy; the sonnet is used as a vehicle for Norton's thoughts and feelings to be expressed and is comparable to Shakespeare's sonnets. ... The overall tone of the sonnet is ador...

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