Sonnet

Sonnet 134, AnalysisNirantar YakthumbaBased on the persona’s love that is unreciprocated by his beloved, the Poet illustrates in this sonnet, an internal conflict in the persona. The wholly bitter tone establishes a holistically integrating theme of being torn apart for love and also an atmosphere of histrionic resentment engorged with Petrarch’s hyperbolized emotions. Divided into an octet and a sestet, which are respectively divided into two quatrains and two triplets, the sonnet follows a…

Suburban Sonnet was written by Gwen Harwood, who is an award winning poet that often focuses her work on the role of women and in particular motherhood. Her works often also pose gender as an intriguing dimension. The title Suburban Sonnet already provokes attention form the reader, as the suburbs would already be perceived as dull or boring, which can outline the life ahead for the speaker. Suburban Sonnet is the story of women who has been trapped within the life of a suburban housewife and…

Juliet” and the “The Sonnets”. There are many ways in which Shakespeare presents associations in “The Sonnets” and the scenes from “Romeo and Juliet”. A sonnet consists of 14 lines and is usually wrote in the form of an iambic pentameter. Furthermore, it has 3 quatrains and 1 couplet in the end which is very pithy and full of meaning. However, sometimes it has volta which is change in the theme or ideas. It has a rhyme scheme of a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d, e-f-e-f, g-g. As you are reading a sonnet, it…

Shakespeare’s 17th century sonnets are loved by many, but perhaps also seen as a bit controversial for its time by some. This controversy is particularly prominent in Shakespeare’s 18th sonnet, also known as “Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?”, which was published in the quarto SHAKE-SPEARES SONNETS in the year of 1609. The controversy has had many wondering: Was Shakespeare gay? The reason for this controversy can be found in one of the sonnet’s themes. Shakespeare’s admiration of an…

“Holy Sonnet XIV” by John Donne describes the desperate want but incredible difficulty of reaching God. Through figurative language such as imagery, alliteration, and simile, the author is able to convey that despite the difficulty, it is possible to be close to God by fully submitting oneself to him. Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of successive words to provide rhythm and emphasis for readers. In line 4, the speaker asks for God to “break, burn, [and] blow”…

In Robert Pack’s poem “An Echo Sonnet: To an Empty Page”, the narrator is uncertain about what comes with death. He worries about his future and what may happen to him. As the narrator asks questions into the emptiness, he finds answers in the echoes of his voice. Robert Pack uses literary devices such as rhetorical questions, selection of detail, metaphors, juxtaposition, and connotation to construct the meaning of his poem. Beginning in the first quatrain, the voice is very anxious and…

I am writing this letter to you because of your poem Holy Sonnet 10. Your poem has made me rethink my opinions, and gain a completely new perspective on Death. When I first read your poem, I was confused by it’s meaning and began to do my own research on it. Later I discovered it’s true meaning, which shocked me, and thus I am writing a letter to you because of how it has changed me and what my reaction to it was. As you wrote in your poem, “Death be not proud, though some have called thee…

Sonnet XIX is written by John Milton. John loved to read and write. In his midlife John slowly began to lose his beloved sight. John’s sight was his open door to god and the world. Milton’s message is to let the reader know that you can cope with misfortunes by serving god. Milton has a very hard time accepting his new life as a blind man. He often goes back in time wishing he had used his sight to its full potential. He…

Sonnets 31 and 39 more closely follow an Italian- Petrarchan form. This is because they are written in 14 lines and are organized in octaves and sestets. Additionally, turns of these sonnets occur at line 9, also known as the beginning of a sestet. In Sonnet 31, the moon appears sad, quiet, and pale. The speaker attribute’s the moon’s mood to that of his own, where he is most likely in love with a woman who does not love him back and therefore thinks of him as foolish. The speaker reveals his…

Sonnet 130, written by William Shakespeare is about how a mistress’ husband compares his wife to beautiful things and then contradicts that she is nothing like them. In the first line, the speaker, the mistress’s husband, foreshadows negativity by saying that his wife’s eyes are nothing like the sun. The first quatrain begins to introduce the main theme of the poem where the speaker later continues on to the next two quatrain. The speaker compares his wife to attractive things where he discovers…