Sonnet 19

Sonnet 130 Sonnet 130, written by William Shakespeare, is a piece directed towards his mistress and describing a different kind of love toward her. While most poets directly describe the women they love with beautiful descriptions and comparisons to the beauties of life, William Shakespeare’s tone in this poem is sarcastic and mocking to those who exaggerated the praise of women. The poet openly describes his weakness toward the woman, expressing his infatuation for her unappealing features.…

writer of “Holy Sonnet 10” however was born in London on 1572 during a period of religious tumult. During this period many were killed for their religious believes. The speaker of the “Holy Sonnet 10” poem is a man filled with plenty of wit. He is filled with confidence that his Christian faith will ease his path to heaven rendering death meaningless. The speaker of “Do Not Go Gently That Good” is a man desperate to keep his father alive and breathing to stay alive. The…

Metaphors: “Their eyes as brilliant and as wide as the night”, “Their manes the leaping ire of the wind”. These metaphors convey the etherealness of the atmosphere at that point of time. The poet uses these metaphors to once again compare simple objects with mysterious, eerie elements, suggestive of a dark night ahead. He uses these metaphors as a medium to chill the reader, and make the reader believe that something sinister has been going on in the poem. 12. The major mood of this poem…

POETRY – Poems about Love DIRECTIONS: Discuss the attitude/tone of the poem and the theme in your small groups. Afterward, write down your conclusions regarding the tone and theme of poems about a similar subject. |“The Quiet World” |“Flirtation” |“Song: To Celia |“love is more thicker than forget” |“Neutral Tones” | | |…

‘The rites of Cousin Vit’ is an elegy in the form of a sonnet. At first the poem seems to simply tell us that it is unbelievable Vit is dead as she was so lively. However upon a closer reading see the voice expressing her displeasure with her place in society through her admiration of Vit. Brooks explores the themes of mortality, vitality and femininity using techniques such as the meter of the poem and even the name of the character alongside the language of the poem in order to convey these…

This sonnet is in typical Shakespearian form; the opening quatrain begins with the interrogative “when” which establishes a conditional argument and alludes to the sonneteers frustration with his current “outcast state”. The use of “state” could be interpreted…

Frost is a sonnet that describes and compares the voice of someone he admires to the sounds of the birds and the way their sound travels. An initial inference before reading this sonnet reveals itself in the title. Frost reveals that there will be a change in the birds’ song –it will never be the same. In order to understand the change that will occur in this sonnet, it is important to understand the entirety of the sonnet—the theme, sound pattern, rhyme, and sense. In general, this sonnet is…

The holy sonnet ‘Since she whom I loved’ by John Donne paints God as a domineering and punitive lord who manipulates human life for self-satisfaction. The poem’s rhetorician is conflicted between his physical and spiritual love. Such a struggle creates tension between his sense of loss and hope that the decease of his lover was requisite for God’s plan. Nonetheless, an ambiguity penetrates the poem, suggestive of a subtle yearning. A tension infiltrates the poem whereby the speaker…

In today 's society, some adults have said at some point, “your generation won 't be famous for anything, because your generation is lazy.” Although it 's true that we 're lazy due to many technological inventions, some of us might do great things in the future. Before people in my generation start to make a name for ourselves, we will always deal with this problem. People have always faced being compared to others, whether good or bad. There are situations that can change a person 's opinion on…

ambitions. Although McKay thinks America is great, he thinks that due to its ignorance, it is losing important factors to make it better. Mckay shows this through the use of symbolism of America 's qualities, the structural choice of a Shakespearean sonnet, and the shift of feeling in the last four lines of the poem. The first line of “America” McKay refers to the USA as “she” (1) to personify the country, and making it clear that this poem is a more personal connection and includes his own…