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    In the modern view of long-distance relationships, many immediately assume that the pairing will ultimately result in failure, with an eventual lack of love leading to a broken ending. This belief has largely existed throughout history, with multiple unions dissolved due to one spouse physically departing from the other. However, in John Donne’s Valediction: Forbidding Mourning, Donne presents a speaker in 1612 giving a farewell address to his lover to soothe her worries, emphasizing that the strength

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    both “Sonnet 18” and “Sonnet 130.” Shakespeare takes an unconventional approach by utilizing compare and contrast to make his point. Although he writes the sonnets differently, the moral theme happens to be the same. The two sonnets begin in total opposite tones but conclude the same. Shakespeare proves that the same underlying theme can be proved by using different poetic styles and techniques, such as rhyme scheme or comparisons, thus leads to the comparison and contrast between “Sonnet 18” and

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    E.E Cummings’ distinctive style in poetry gives readers the opportunity to interpret his work in various ways. His satirical approach challenges modern society to go against the grain and construe his work how they individually view it. His fascination with nature allows him to create an unpredictable yet vivid storyline for readers. Cummings use of allegory and symbolism in his poem “[in Just-]” contributes to his intention of allowing readers to think for themselves. In the poem, the speaker begins

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    In “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”, Donne writes the poem for his lover, knowing that they will eventually be apart and have to say goodbye to each other, as ‘valediction’ is another word for farewell. He states in the poem that “’Twere profanation of our joys / to tell the laity of our love”, Donne is saying that it would be disrespectful to even attempt to let the common people know about their love, because that’s how special it is. No matter how hard they they try to explain it, no one would

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    and Similarity and Differences in Shakespeare and Millay Sonnets to provide visualization in areas needed for improvement to receive an A paper like: Carlos Salgado, Brenda Gutierrez, Pavlo Hutsulyuk, and Gonzalo Rosales. After reading the Carlos Salgado (2013) essay about the two sonnets the areas of needed improvement is visible. Carlos’s essay is well organized, talking about Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 30” and then talking about Millay’s “Sonnet”. The order of organization provides a better impact and

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    Analysis Of Sonnet 130

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    Sun Analysis William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130, also known from its first line as “My Mistress' Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun”, is a fourteen-line poem in which an unnamed male speaker describes various aspects of his mistress.Sonnet 130 is often taken as a satire of the type of courtly love poetry that was so popular in the late sixteenth century. This is because it draws conclusions that are diametrically opposed to those other pieces of poetry. The Sonnet itself consists of three quatrains and

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    Sonnets are known for its rigid format and being the hoard of poets’ flowery love confessions and tormenting heartache. While most poets generally stick to that cliche topic of love and the traditional English or Petrarchan structures, sonnets are not defined by these archetypal features. Both Shakespeare’s “My mistress’ eyes are…” and Collins’s “Sonnet” satirically defy those typical sonnets. However both poems differ, as Shakespeare follows the standard English sonnet style and parodies the classic

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    John Donne’s powerful statement about destructive love in his poem “The Broken Heart” is communicated through vivid imagery, language, and meter. In his poem “The Broken Heart”, the speaker discusses how love destroys and kills anyone who contracts it, as if love is a disease. The speaker uses analogies and metaphors to explain the turmoil that love inflicts on one’s heart. By using these techniques, Donne turned the simple idea of heartbreak into a beautifully complex example of destruction. The

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    Molyka Sir October 22, 2015 AP Language Mr. McDermot Permissible Acknowledgement I feel Robert Frost’s statement, “the one permissible way of saying one thing and meaning another”, is heavily utilized within Poetry. Poets, like Mr. Frost, practiced this to confuse our minds into pondering on the subject matter as well as to offset our assumed understandings therefore allowing us to explore other possible conclusions. Robert Frost’s definition of poetry is undoubtedly accurate as proven by analysis

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    Close Reading of Sonnet 116 Written by William Shakespeare 2011 “Sonnet 116” written by William Shakespeare is focusing on the strength and true power of love. Love is a feeling that sustainable to alterations, that take place at certain points in life, and love is even stronger than a breakup because separation cannot eliminate feelings. The writer makes use of metaphors expressing love as a feeling of mind not just heart as young readers may see it. To Shakespeare love is an immortal

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