Human Vulnerability In Shakespeare's 'In The English Sonnet 18'
Dyanette Arroyo
Sonnet Analysis Essay
Period. 3
Jan. 06. 2015
Shakespeare and Spencer explore human vulnerability within sonnets 54, 18, and 73. Each sonnet accounts love as the true vulnerability evidenced by the themes of admiration, frustration, and agony within the writing.
William Shakespeare asserts human vulnerability in Sonnet 18 by his admiration in the beauty of his lover through the beauty in nature. He begins without garishness, “shall I compare thee to a summer day” showing signs of admiration Shakespeare compares her to the simple beauty of a summer day, slowly he builds and amplifies her beauty, becoming “eternal”. “And summer’s lease hath all too short a date” Shakespeare compares her to how beautiful summer is, however, summer ends “but thy eternal summer shall not fade” indicating how her beauty never fades, evidenced by his wonderment to preserve her beauty Shakespeare displays signs of vulnerability, however, he exposes further, signs of arrogance within the last quatrain; …show more content…
In the third quatrain spencer becomes frustrated by the virtue of his failure in impressing a women. “ Delights not in my mirth nor rues my smart: but when I laugh she mocks, and when I cry she laughs” spencer displays his frustration in his attempts while she ignores and rejects him by laughing and mocking his approach. In the final quatrain spencer clearly exposes vulnerability towards her indifference, “what then can move her?”, questioning himself, giving up. The poet’s frustration accumulates in the couplet “ she is no woman, but a senseless stone.” Proclaiming her to be emotionless, disclosing why his attempts had no effect he then admits defeat in that she will never requite his love making him
Sonnet Analysis Essay
Period. 3
Jan. 06. 2015
Shakespeare and Spencer explore human vulnerability within sonnets 54, 18, and 73. Each sonnet accounts love as the true vulnerability evidenced by the themes of admiration, frustration, and agony within the writing.
William Shakespeare asserts human vulnerability in Sonnet 18 by his admiration in the beauty of his lover through the beauty in nature. He begins without garishness, “shall I compare thee to a summer day” showing signs of admiration Shakespeare compares her to the simple beauty of a summer day, slowly he builds and amplifies her beauty, becoming “eternal”. “And summer’s lease hath all too short a date” Shakespeare compares her to how beautiful summer is, however, summer ends “but thy eternal summer shall not fade” indicating how her beauty never fades, evidenced by his wonderment to preserve her beauty Shakespeare displays signs of vulnerability, however, he exposes further, signs of arrogance within the last quatrain; …show more content…
In the third quatrain spencer becomes frustrated by the virtue of his failure in impressing a women. “ Delights not in my mirth nor rues my smart: but when I laugh she mocks, and when I cry she laughs” spencer displays his frustration in his attempts while she ignores and rejects him by laughing and mocking his approach. In the final quatrain spencer clearly exposes vulnerability towards her indifference, “what then can move her?”, questioning himself, giving up. The poet’s frustration accumulates in the couplet “ she is no woman, but a senseless stone.” Proclaiming her to be emotionless, disclosing why his attempts had no effect he then admits defeat in that she will never requite his love making him