Connotation Of Infatuation In William Shakespeare's Sonnet 46

A sonnet is a poem of fourteen lines that rhyme in a particular pattern. William Shakespeare’s sonnets were the only non-dramatic poetry that he wrote. Shakespeare used sonnets within some of his plays, but his sonnets are best known as a series of one hundred and fifty-four poems. The series of one hundred and fifty-four poems tell a story about a young aristocrat and a mysterious mistress. Many people have analyzed and contemplated about the significance of these “lovers”. After analysis of the content of both the “young man” sonnets and the “dark lady sonnets”, it is clear that the poet, Shakespeare, has a great love for the young man and only lusts after his mistress.

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War causes death, poverty, diseases, destruction, and many more devastating and unavoidable consequences. The government drafted men into military service, giving them no choice but to separate them from their daily lives, friends, and families. Soldiers fight in wars while putting their lives on the line and are only rewarded with physical or psychological injuries. Countries wage war against one another in order to resolve disputes and disagreements between them. Individuals, such as nurses, soldiers, and civilians undergo traumatic events when they are caught in the middle of a war. Although some may argue that war does not impact the self the most, based on the informational text, “War Escalates” by Paul Boye, the short story, “Where

Throughout world history there has been a plethora of wars and attacks. To name some highly notable ones that caused many complications in its aftermath was the World War II, attack on Pearl Harbor and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Vietnam War, and the Great African War. If some of the consequences of those wars could not be explicitly seen, it was conveyed through genres used in day to day life such as movies, songs, statistical reports, poems, and books. The implicit messages from each genre hints towards its situation at which it was written. The connection between the wars and genres will reveal the consequences of war. The value of the analysis of these two prove is important in its purpose of attesting war is something that starts a chain of events.

Guns shooting, soldiers running, people dying; war. Bullets penetrating the skin, causing deadly wounds. Men being forced into war, and others choosing to go. Families wondering if their loved ones will ever come home safe. Currently, many people participate and experience the effects of war.

love doesn’t exist. This quote also helps to show how the speaker’s grief over his beloved’s

The sound of rapid gunfire. Innocent civilians fleeing from the scene. Many leaving loved ones behind. Helpless cries and soldiers risking their lives to defend these people. This is an image that comes to the average mind when thinking about war. Many American’s believe war is terrible and we should just stay out of it. John Stuart Mill once said, “but if other nations do not meddle with it, it will not meddle with them” (252). However, most of the time it is not that easy. Most common people do not know the major decisions behind the scenes of war. Americans mostly only think about one side of the war and not the bigger picture. Numerous people believe we should defend the innocent; while others believe everyone should just mind their own business.

The conflict of proxy wars causes many damage for both sides like the Vietnam War the casualties of civilian were 195,000-430,000 South Vietnam civilian

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Thinking about the descriptions of the war doings draws a vivid picture; a terrible war was fought, brother against brother, simply over a disagreement about who should rule. When violence enters a conflict, surely

The lesson to be learned in this specific sonnet is the idea of the immortality of literature. The entire poem is masked by the idea of praise for the addressee. The language of the poem, the destructiveness, suggests the survivability of the poem itself. Shakespeare is using

Shakespeare’s sonnet 60 expresses the inevitable end that comes with time and uses this dark truth to express his hopefulness that his poetry will carry his beloved’s beauty and worth into the future in some way so that it may never die. This love poem is, as all sonnets are, fourteen lines. Three quatrains form these fourteen lines, and each quatrain consists of two lines. Furthermore, the last two lines that follow these quatrains are known as the couplet. This sonnet has the rhyme scheme of ABAB CDCD EFEF GG, as most Shakespearean sonnets follow. In each of the three quatrains, Shakespeare discusses a different idea. In this particular sonnet, the idea is how time continues to pass on, causing everything to die. The couplet connects these ideas to one central theme, this theme being Shakespeare’s hope for the beauty of his beloved’s immortality through his poetry’s continuation into future times.

     The sonnet, being one of the most traditional and recognized forms of poetry, has been used and altered in many time periods by writers to convey different messages to the audience. The strict constraints of the form have often been used to parallel the subject in the poem. Many times, the first three quatrains introduce the subject and build on one another, showing progression in the poem. The final couplet brings closure to the poem by bringing the main ideas together. On other occasions, the couplet makes a statement of irony or refutes the main idea with a counter statement. It leaves the reader with a last impression of what the author is trying to say.

William Shakespeare is recognized for being one of greatest poets of all time. His works are still popular to this day. Many of his works included extended metaphors and similes with rhetorical language and were rooted in the nature of love. Two of his poems that are rather alike, but also very contrastive are “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” and “My mistresses’ eyes are nothing like the sun.” They both contain a core theme of love or anti-love in some aspects. While these two poems are built around the same type of subject, their interpretations come across in separate ways. In contrast to Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18” which is a serious love poem that contains imagery and metaphors, Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 130” is more negative and humorous but contains imagery and similes.

Shakespeare, who wrote the sonnets in 1609, expresses his own feelings through his greatest work of literature. The theme of love in the poems reflect thoughts from the Renaissance period. Love is one of many components of Shakespeare’s life shown in the sonnets. Love can be defined in many ways other than a strong affection for a lover. In Shakespeare’s sonnets, the concept of love can be seen through many uncommon means such as the love of life before death in “Sonnet 73,” love in marriage in “Sonnet 116,” love through sexual desire in “Sonnet 129,” and love through nature in “Sonnet 130,” proving that love can be expressed through many different feelings and emotions.