Shakespeare's sonnets

Much of Shakespeare’s life is a mystery. Many of the “facts” and what we know is just speculation. For example, his exact birth date is unknown. At the time, during the Elizabethan era, keeping such records…

A sonnet is a poem usually consisting of fourteen lines linked by a regular rhythm and one of two mayor rhyme schemes - that of either an Italian or Shakespearean sonnet (Prescott, 2010). Such forms will be analyzed in the works of two of the greatest poets of all time – John Donne and William Shakespeare. They are worthy canonical figures that are still acknowledged and studied today, were influenced by cultural and historical features of the era in which they wrote and included aesthetics…

The boarding house is one short story of the Dubliners collection, which was eventually published in 1914. In total there were 15 short stories, written by James Joyce. The stories are "epiphanies". A word used by Joyce to describe the sudden consciousness of the soul of something. A boarding house is a place where lodgers rent one or more rooms for one or more nights, and sometimes for longer periods. James Joyce writes in the stream of consciousness. This means that he writes down the thoughts…

acknowledged for his contribution in the drama and writing history as a fiction writer and his use of literal devices in his works. Among his best works are a drama known as “The Tragical History of Hamlet” or simply Hamlet. Hamlet is the longest of all Shakespeare’s drama which was written between 1599 and 1601.The play rotates about the main protagonist the Prince Hamlet. The play takes us through some devastating moments experienced by Prince Hamlet (Foakes 94). To begin, Prince Hamlet is…

The characters portrayed by Browning in his dramatic monologues are various and often rise from the world of the Italian Renaissance. From the artist Fra Lippo Lippi who has become a monk without his will, to Andrea del Sarto, a great painter who has subordinated his art to the demands of an exploitative wife, Browning manages to reveal the true value of art. The pictures of great artists blended with historical detail are embodied in his poems. Vasari’s Lives of the artistsis the source of the…

Comedy vs. Tragedy (An analysis of the differences and similarities between Shakespeare’s two plays, King Lear and Much Ado About Nothing) Shakespeare is considered the greatest writer of all time by many. He is brilliant in his development of plays, as well as his characterization and dramatic effect. Another element that makes his writing so incredible is the symbolism and themes that are hidden in the messages of his major works. After going back and reading a particular play two or three…

The Elf’s Instincts Hawthorne uses specific diction and imagery in his descriptions of Dimmesdale and Pearl to compare and contrast the two of them. Hawthorne first compares Dimmesdale and Pearl to their respective past descriptions, then he compares them to each other, all in order to direct the reader towards their connection. Instantly before the passage, Dimmesdale had bravely defended Hester’s right to keep Pearl. Immediately afterwards, he hides, standing with his face “concealed in the…

The leading Bollywood lyricist, script writer and a literary poet of distinct voice starts his much awaited book, The Feelings, with these beautiful lines: I am a poet, who weaves sweet and pungent songs with the delicate and sublime words And whatever comes in my way, either thorn or a flower, I take it with a generous smile on my lips. Nawab Arzoo is known for some of the best songs which he penned in a number of hit Hindi films like Bazigar, Sathi, Bhabhi, Jaan Tere Nam, Dancer, Dil Ka Keya…

The Road Not Taken (Web) The Road Not Taken is a poem about the interest and motivation to take different experiences in our life. Inside of a forest, the speaker face the decision of taking two roads. One of them is known from the speaker to be a common road, but he decide to take the less traveled and unknown road. From the speaker, it makes a difference to take the other road to have something to say about his life and experiment a new event. Mother to son (Web) Mother to son is…

In Shakespeare: Sonnet 130, by William Shakespeare, the sonnet paints an emotionally bitter picture of an ugly woman described by her lover, the speaker. The speaker points out the woman’s features by noting her conventionally unpleasant physical features by discussing his mistress’s real beauty, which is not perfect, but true. Also, the mistresses’ features are exaggerated by the way the speaker compares her to only polar opposites. The sonnet explores the broad idea of conventional beauty and…