Also, when the speaker says, "There is a garden in her face, / where roses and white lilies grow," it is metaphorical for the beauty of the girl where the roses are the red of her lips and the white lilies are the pale of her skin. ...

• Word Count: 631
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Sonnet 98 The Shakespearean sonnets are considered to be some of the most beautiful and powerful poems in English literature (Magill 6170). Shakespeare's Sonnet 98 has a 4-6-2-2 pattern. The sonnet uses a double couplet structure (Vendler 420). Almost all of Shakespeare's sonnets are divided i...

• Word Count: 409
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Listen to the el and oo sounds in the third line: "Sabrina fair, Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave: In twisted braids of lilies knitting The loose trains of thy amber dropping hair; Listen for dear honour's sake, Goddess of the silver lake, Listen and save." ...

• Word Count: 1070
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School