Essay on Analysis of Shakespeare's Sonnet 20

him. He assimilates himself with the the clergymen by assessing how they are all men of

I want a wife who will not bother me with rambling complaints about a wife 's duties. But I want a wife who will listen to me when I feel the need to explain a rather difficult point I have come across in my course of studies. And I want a wife who will type my papers for me when I have written them. (Judy 5)

-Described by Happy as having “character and resistance” which is a quality he wants in a woman, unlike the ones he’s been with

Short Assignment 1 When looking at different editions of Sonnet 20, it is clear that differing annotations and edits are in fact distinct choices made by those who have undertaken the task of editing the works of Shakespeare. Because Shakespeare has become such an iconic brand of authorship over the years, many editors take it upon themselves to uncover the one true author and meaning behind the work. This unity is constantly craved when examining a text, and it throws our own ideas self-identity into question when a work or author is incomplete. When new information about Shakespeare’s work emerges, editors scramble to find the sole voice of a single individual in a sea of historical consciousness. The brand of the Bard has become even

gentle, and caring on the outside, but in actual fact, he uses his loving behavior as a mask to cover

will not stop at anything to be loved, and knows how to fool a crowd.

the first of the two lines he uses the word ‘mark’ which means buoy to

For Shakespeare Sonnet 18, there have been many controversies about what the Sonnet is about. Some say it’s about a woman, other say it’s about a man. However, one can believe that Sonnet 18 is about a man due to the background of Shakespeare, plot, character, theme, symbols, settings, point of view, impact of society and style based on the connotation of William Shakespeare. Shakespeare was born during the 17th century. During this time, there were still issues with religion.

    Shakespeare's apostrophic "Sonnet 96," one of the sonnets written to the blond young man, is arranged similar to a rebuttal in an argument or debate." In the first three quatrains, he describes several possibilities, such as the youth's winning nature and potential for mischief, only to refute them in the couplet." He begins with concise one-line points in the first quatrain, moves to a comparison utilizing the entire quatrain in the second, and transitions to two-line arguments in the final quatrain, evoking the idea of a logical, organized argument." Along with reason, however, are the romantic tones of the couplet, which refutes the statements made in the

William Shakespeare’s Sonnet #55 is a Shakespearian sonnet. It contains three quatrains, or four line stanzas, and ends with a couplet. The poem is written in iambic pentameter William Shakespeare’s Sonnet #55 is a Shakespearian sonnet. It contains three quatrains, or four line stanzas, and ends with a couplet. The poem is written in iambic pentameter.

In "Holy Sonnet XIV," John Donne directly addresses God using a desperate and forceful tone. The formal structure of Donne 's holy sonnet follows the basic Petrarchan sonnet form. The sonnet has fourteen lines divided into an octave and a sestet. The rhyme scheme of the octave is abba abba. The sestet has the rhyme scheme cdcdee. Donne expresses his spiritual turmoil and longing by using this structure to present different metaphors that illustrate his condition, and he uses Petrarchan conventions to further highlight his spiritual desires.

The title of the poem “My mistress eyes are nothing like the sun” suggests that the speaker is not in love with his ‘mistress’. However, this is not the case. Shakespeare uses figurative language by using criticizing hyperboles to mock the traditional love sonnet. Thus, showing not only that the ideal woman is not always a ‘goddess’, but mocking the way others write about love. Shakespeare proves that love can be written about and accomplished without the artificial and exuberant. The speaker’s tone is ironic, sarcastic, and comical turning the traditional conceit around using satire. The traditional iambic pentameter rhyming scheme of the sonnet makes the diction fall into place as relaxed, truthful, and with elegance in the easy flowing verse. In turn, making this sonnet one of parody and real love.

By making many references to the Bible, John Donne's Holy Sonnets reveal his want to be accepted and forgiven by God. A fear of death without God's forgiveness of sins is conveyed in these sonnets. Donne expresses extreme anxiety and fright that Satan has taken over his soul and God won't forgive him for it or his sins. A central theme of healing and forgiveness imply that John Donne, however much he wrote about God and being holy, wasn't such a holy man all of the time and tried to make up for it in his writing.

Edmund Spenser’s Sonnet 67 is one of 85 sonnets from Amoretti which was written about his courtship of Elizabeth Boyle. Spenser and Boyle were married in 1594. Sonnet 67 uses a hunting themed metaphor common in 16th century England comparing the woman to a deer and the man to a huntsman in pursuit. Sonnet 67 appears to have been inspired by an earlier work by Petrarch, Rima 190, but with a different ending. In this paper we will take an in depth look at this work, also commonly referred to as “ Lyke as a Huntsman”.

John Donne's 'Holy Sonnet 2' is primarily written in the traditional Petrarchan sonnet form. One way in which Donne applies this traditional form is through the use of an octave, in which the narrator establishes a problem that causes anxiety and personal turmoil. The octave is then followed by a sestet, where the narrator attempts to organise and present a solution to the issue given in the octave, or there is a change of tone in the narrator's voice. "Wisheth that still he might be imprisoned; / Yet grace…" Although there is a change in tone with the narrative voice, Donne's use of punctuation and enjambment between lines eight and nine suggests that Donne does not rigorously adhere to the traditional Petrarchan form. As the poem becomes detached from this tradition and increases the narrator's conflict and feeling of entrapment and suppression. This, in turn, might indicate that the narrator has no solution for his "black soul" and reflects the narrator's anxiety and fear about not being able to repent, or, at least, not being able to repent the way in which would correspond to the narrator's personal religious beliefs. Anne Coles Kimberly argues that the "Calvinist doctrine held that man is resistant to God (due to sin), but that God will draw his elect to him. Donne, however, is not