The Line of Beauty

often compared love to high, unrealistic, and unattainable beauty. Shakespeare, in his sonnet 18, continues the tradition of his time by comparing the speakers' love/mistress to the summer time of the year. It is during this time of the year that the flowers and the nature that surround them are at there peak for beauty. The theme of the poem is to show the speakers true interpretation of beauty. Beauties worst enemy is time and although beauty might fade it can still live on through a person's memory

quatrain describes the physical beauty being a focus for the poems of the writers before him which continues in the third quatrain, expressing the prosperity of the writers by giving credit to fate due to them lacking the essential skills. The speaker ends the sonnet with couplets articulating the present time of the speaker himself and how indescribable the beauty of his subject is. Beauty is a wide topic that is present in the sonnet, especially the aspect of physical beauty. The description between

Unpretty by TLC demonstrates the spectrum of what beauty can mean. This song mainly focuses on physical and mental beauty. I found it interesting how the song said “You can buy your hair if it won't grow/ You can fix your nose if he says so...” telling their audience that it is alright to be insecure about your physical attributes; and if you feel the need to cover up those insecurities, you can. Usually, other songs focussing on physical beauty tell their audience not to change or cover up their

keep his beauty alive. However this changes after a number of sonnets. Shakespeare stresses that this beauty will not last, and that it is selfish and foolish for him not to prepare for the loss of his beauty and youth. The only way he can truly prepare is to rear a child so that his son can carry on his name and all his wonderful qualities, including his unsurpassed beauty. Shakespeare has made it very clear to show his opinion about his friend greediness and not sharing his beauty with the

Explication of “She Walks in Beauty” Lord George Gordon Byron was born on the 22nd of January 1788, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest British poets. Byron was one of the leading figures of the Romantic Movement in early 19th century England, which resulted in the Byron’s sexual antics becoming just as notable as his poetry. In 1813 Byron wrote one of his most famous pieces work She Walks in Beauty. It is widely accepted that Byron wrote this poem after he met Anne Beatrix Wilmot, who was

As a poet, Shakespeare glorified the beauty of his love with the beauty of seasons and nature, while strongly opposing the passage of time with its destructive nature. In his 154 sonnets, there are clear examples of passage of time that highlight both his stylistic techniques as well as key personal events in his life. Early poems discuss his thoughts about love and birth, while later works typify his romantic nature with vivid imagery that highlight beauty. Although Shakespeare’s poems center

She Walks In Beauty By: Lord Byron (George Gordon) She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes; Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impaired the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o’er her face; Where thoughts serenely sweet express, How pure, how dear their dwelling-place

but also its imposed ideas of beauty, creating tension between the natural and the unnatural. H.D. uses images of fruit to symbolize women in order to highlight the confining character of 20th century London society. To establish the connection between women and fruit the speaker poses the question, “Have you seen fruit under cover / that wanted light—?” (Doolittle, lines 18-19). Although it may appear that the speaker is, indeed, talking about fruit, the following lines use such diction as, “wadded

feminist writer Edna St. Vincent Millay continues to hold value in the educational space, illustrating a sense of humanity and fragility through her verse. In nineteen twenty-three, she published her Italian sonnet “I will put Chaos into fourteen lines,” a powerful work that showcased her ability to command language. Millay’s sonnet chronicles her experience of pitting Chaos into that confining structure of an Italian sonnet, making the figurative cacophony mingle with Order. The sonnet emphasizes

Kabul. Throughout the poem Tabrizi describes the beauty of Kabul. The theme is Kabul is beautiful. The literary devices in this poem are similes, personification,and allusion. These three literary devices portray theme and describe how beautiful Kabul really is. The first literary device that expresses the theme that Kabul is beautiful is personification. Throughout the poem Kabul is addressed as a female and given female characteristics. In line one in the poem Tabrizi states, “The beautiful city