Tone In Sonnet 130

In William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 137 or “Thou blind fool, Love, what dost thou to mine eyes” the speaker appears to be blaming love and himself for being mislead about a woman. In the first quatrain the speaker is addressing “Love” as if it were a physical being when the speaker describes it to be a “blind fool” and questions what Love has done to his eyes (Lines 1-2). It can be interpreted that the “Love” is referring to Cupid as the one who is affecting the speaker’s eyesight. The speaker then goes on to explain that his eyes “know what beauty is” yet it mistakes the worst for the best (Lines 3-4). When the speaker mentions that his eyes can recognize beauty that can infer that the speaker is referring to a woman and that his eyes have

Shakespeare’s 98th sonnet is a beautiful presentation of platonic love and missing a beloved friend. Sonnet 98 is wonderfully put together with artistic patterns of imagery, such as the description of the flowers, diction, which creates a tone of youth and longing for the presence of a loved one, This sonnet is one in the fair youth sequence, which are sonnets where the speaker writes about his love for a young man, and the second of three sonnets mentioning his beloveds absence. The imagery in sonnet 98 is vivid and colorful and gives the reader feelings of youth and deep admiration for the young man addressed in the Fair Youth sequence of Shakespeare's sonnets.

The tone is used in the poem as well to prove the sea is remorseless and cruel. In addition it states, “She choked him and beat him to death for a joke”(L 15-16) The sea does not show mercy and beats the child to death for a “joke”. The sea begins to drown the child for a lesson, and opens up to be unpredictable ferocious. Furthermore another piece of evidence that shows that the ocean is dangerous is, “She shouted for joy, with one hand she strangled the strong little boy”(L 18-20) The sea finally holds captive of the boy and begins to drown him roughly. The boy’s fate with death is now upon him and he can not fight it, the sea is just too powerful.

This was a beautiful poem. Great use of simile, for example in line 3 where you said "my chest feels as hollow as an empty jug." The speaker seemed to be a woman who recently experienced loss. In the beginning, I thought she went through the loss of a child or abortion, since the poem originally had a regretful and sorrowful tone. But as the poem progressed, the tone became less dejected and more strong, surly even, which led me to believe that the speaker may have recently been dumped by a significant other. I think line 16 could have been reworded to say "Am I the victim because I loved" as opposed to "I am the victim because I loved?" I think that would have made the woman seem more powerful because the way it currently is worded, it sounds

Holy Sonnet IX by John Donne illustrates the story of a man struggling with the terms of salvation. Throughout the poem he employs a question and answer structure allowing himself to address his reservations through a one way conversation. His utilization of allusions, repetition, rhetorical questions, and manipulation of tone allows him to tie his own dilemmas with those of mankind. This being our pursuit of salvation paired with are lack of motivation to change our behavior and humble ourselves to ask for forgiveness. He begins many of the lines with if and why in order to introduce what he is questioning and what he wants the reader to consider.

In William Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 and Christopher Marlowe's The Passionate Shepherd To His Love, the themes of unconditional love, opulent treasures, and vivid imagery are

Simile is seen at the beginning with the quote, “She walks in beauty, like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies.” In this quote the woman is being compared to a cloudless and starry night probably because her mind is void of any troubling thoughts and the aura around her, or the atmosphere she carries, is twinkling beautifully like a starry sky. Imagery is used at the end of the first stanza in the quote, “Meet in her aspect and her eyes; thus mellow’d to that tender light.” This quote uses imagery when describing the woman’s eyes and complexion as “tender light” where you can feel the softness of the bright light which represents the woman’s physically soft, but happy facial features. Personification is used at the very end of the first stanza in the quote, “Thus mellow’d Which heaven to gaudy day denies.” From this quote I understand that the sun on bright days doesn’t allow the woman’s tender light to shine whereas the nighttime is perfect to witness her tender light. Also, personification is used in the quote, “And on that cheek, and o’er that brow, so soft, so calm, yet eloquent,” which explains how the blush on the woman’s face can act calm and eloquent which portrays the woman as respectable. In addition, personification is used once more in the quote, “The smiles that win, the tints that glow, but tell of days in goodness spent.” I can assume from this quote that the woman’s smiles tell us of all the good she has done throughout her life. Again personification is used in the poem with the quote, “Had half impair’d the nameless grace which waves in every raven tree.” Through this quote I understand that the woman’s indescribable beauty reflects in her gorgeous hair. Lastly, metaphor is used at the end of stanza two with the quote, “How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.” In this quote the speaker compares the woman’s mind to a dwelling-place for her sweet thoughts and

This poet is about love expressed to his misstress also referred as the dark lady, but at the same time he his mocking her by stating for example: “My misstress’s eyes are nothing like the sun.” At the end he states that he still loves her even while he looks like her at a mocking way.

In this interpretation, I will be analyzing poetry written by Shakespeare including poetic terms and a socio-historical examination of the text. For this analysis, I will be discussing Sonnet 130 and the poem All the World’s a Stage. These poems by Shakespeare are both well known and very representative of his literary style and his use of contrasting literary devices to paint a vivid picture for the audience. Shakespeare is a unique and very deft user of language to tell stories that are understandable to not only audiences from his time but our own as well.

The textual differences between the 1599 and 1609 renditions of Shakespeare's Sonnet 138 subtly change the meaning and shift the focus of the poem. Most notably, in the 1609 rendition, more emphasis is placed on their shared complicity and Shakespeare more vividly paints his mistress as an individual opposed to a third-party construct.

From the readers point of view it seem that the poet is critiquing society as a whole. One can see that the poet is putting so much effort into the poems yet he receives little to no acknowledgement for the beauty he creates.

Shakespeare uses a sarcastic tone to make a mockery of Shakespeare wife. In Sonnet 130 William Shakespeare is providing a point that looks don’t always matter. If they have a great personality and are funny it could most likely make up how they may look. There's somebody perfect out there for everyone. You can go through life judging a book by its cover. Sometimes personality and sense of humor are more important than how attractive someone might be.

Thus, just as in music where the combination of the various parts creates something that transcends the individual elements, the relationship between the different members of a loving family creates something that surpasses the sum of the individuals; that although “being many”, together as a family they seem “one”. Therefore, by comparing the harmony of notes of a basic chord in music with that achieved by the union of father, mother, and child, the poet tries his best to encourage and convince the youth to marry and have a child, so that he too can experience this exaltation of harmony. Yet, the poet makes it clear to the youth that he is aware of his stubbornness as music, "the true concord of well-tuned sounds," seems to scold the youth

Shakespearean sonnet divides the 14 total lines by 3 groups of 4 (the quatrains), and the last 2 being a couplet.

Are some of us born more naked than others? Brought into the world ready to take in every criticism, suggestion, or unkind remark as gospel, increasing the shame and humiliation delivered along with the placenta? If so, maybe that manner of coming into the world created my submissive nature – or maybe my submissive nature merely makes me comfortable with embarrassment and shame. In the daily rush of getting through life, these are questions I don't need to answer. However, I think understanding requires going all the way back to the beginning.