"When I do count the clock that tells the time- and "Full many a glorious morning have I seen-, are both beautiful sonnets which are reflective of the natural world and its consequences. Both sonnets are divided into three quatrains with a rhyming couplet at the end. The rhyme scheme is in ABAB CDCD EFEF GG form. These sonnets are also in iambic pentameter.
"When I do count the clock that tells the time- is reflective of how in life, both death and time are inevitable forces. The tone of this sonnet is bitter to a degree, but more reflective of the juxtaposition of beauty and the grief which life has to offer. Time is seen as a destructive force which we all will succumb to in the end.
The first quatrain deals with decay and the idea that time stands still for no man, even if man is sitting still. The narration begins with a thought of time. In the first two lines the narrator says all hope in life will eventually turn to dust when the "hideous night," or death, approaches. In the second line, the word "brave- describes the day as being glorious, and the word "hideous- describes the night as being sinister. "And see the brave day sunk in hideous night-. Here, "sunk- represents the sundown, and the deep vowel sound of the u' reflects the negative image that is implied.
The narrator goes on to reflect how youth fades into old age, and these physical changes appear in the next two lines. The "violet past prime" represents spring and youth, which is fleeting. "When I behold the violet past prime, And sable curls all silver'd o'er with white-. The violet is a metaphor to represent the beauty of youth, followed by the destruction of life through age, and "sable- (black) curls which turn grey, then white with age. These things present decaying, of both humans and of nature.
The iambic pentameter in this sonnet is like the ticking of a clock to show time passing. The steady, continuos one-syllable-at-a-time rhythm imitates the ticking of a clock.
The majority of the 152 Sonnets Shakespeare wrote focus on love. ... Sonnet 18 is a poem of admiration and glorification of Shakespeare's lover. ... In Sonnet 97, Shakespeare also uses one of the four seasons as a metaphor. ... Sonnet 130 was written for Shakespeare's "Dark Lady". ... Sonnet 97 is also flattering and exaggerates the beauty of Shakespeare's beloved and the agony of separation....
Shakespeare's Sonnets The word sonnet comes from the Italian word sonneto, meaning "little song" and respectively originated in Italy around the thirteenth century. ... Shakespeare's sonnets were usually three quatrains and a couplet, typical of the Elizabethan structure. ... Shakespeare on the other hand, has three groups of sonnets directed at three different people. ... With Sonnet 71 we can see the tremendous influence Shakespeare had on the great romantic poets. ... In Shakespeare's sonnet 130, the poet rejects the false descriptions of women. ...
Sonnet 130 is one of the Shakespearian sonnets. Shakespeare's sonnets were published in 1609 but some of them were written a bit earlier. ... No one really knows how to explain Shakespeare's life most people think he explains it through his sonnets. In the first two lines in sonnet 130 Shakespeare talks about a woman. ... In the last two lines of sonnet 130 Shakespeare concludes his sonnet. ...
Shakespeare's sonnet 23 embodies the speaker's intense but also restrained love due to his timidity and tizzy. By using metonymy, repetition and choosing effective diction, Shakespeare expresses his deep but silent love to the young man in the poem which make readers resonate with such a complex emotion. ... Lines nine to twelve of Sonnet twenty three speak for him: "O! ... It also implies that it is the poet who writes the sonnet that is far more worthy and his emotion is more profound. ...
William Shakespeare was an outstanding English playwright and a poet who lived during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Shakespeare is greatly known as the best dramatist ever. ... Sonnet 29, lets us know whether the speaker tending to a man or a lady. ... In Sonnet 130, the references to such protests of perfection are undoubtedly show, yet they're there to delineate his mate is not as beautiful- a collection of dismissal of the sonnet structure and substance. In Sonnet 29, the speaker depicts his depression and his low self-esteem. ...
The majority of the 152 Sonnets Shakespeare wrote focus on love. ... Sonnet 18 is a poem of admiration and glorification of Shakespeare's lover. ... In Sonnet 97, Shakespeare also uses one of the four seasons as a metaphor. ... Sonnet 130 was written for Shakespeare's "Dark Lady". ... Sonnet 97 is also flattering and exaggerates the beauty of Shakespeare's beloved and the agony of separation....
Shakespeare presents alliteration as the most important tool to understanding his moral in sonnet 71. ... Through his exploitation of alliteration, Shakespeare gives emphasis to certain images and conveys rhythm to his readers to better facilitate the message in sonnet 71. ... Thus, Shakespeare utilizes alliteration to call attention to images throughout the sonnet that present his desire not to be mourned after his death. Rhythm is also conveyed to a reader of sonnet 71 with the use of alliteration. ... Consequently, Shakespeare ingeniously weaves alliteration into sonnet 71 to give it a ...
William Shakespeare was a master at incorporating love in his sonnets. I will discuss the theme concept of Love in "Sonnet 18", "Sonnet 116", and "Sonnet 109." ... "Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments" (Shakespeare). ... Shakespeare used these three themes, and many others, to help centralize his main idea of his sonnets. Three sonnets that I used to describe love was "Sonnet 18", "Sonnet 116", and "Sonnet 109". ...
Literary Terms In this sonnet Shakespeare uses imagery to give the reader an excellent view of his mistress. ... Shakespeare also uses a central theme in the sonnet, which is that of Un-dying love. He writes, at the end of the sonnet, that hislove is rare.? ... The last term that stands out in the sonnet is the Metaphor. Shakespeare uses various metaphors throughout the sonnet to allow the reader to get an idea of his mistress's physique. ...
Shakespeare's Sonnets, a collection of over one hundred poems, are widely considered to be some of the most insightful and powerful poems of all time. His one hundred and thirtieth Sonnet - "My mistress" eyes are nothing like the sun" is no exception. Shakespeare, who was one of the first developers of the English Sonnet, used the highly rigid form and structure of the poem to create meaning and emphasize the arguments he wanted to make. ... Rhyme and rhythm is important to any piece of sonnet poetry. ... Another interesting point is that in this Sonnet (unlike many others) Shakespeare d...
