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    The speaker in Sonnet 130 and Romeo has a different perspective on love. The speaker loves his mistress despite that she may not be as beautiful as the things around her but Romeo falls in love with Juliet based on appearance‚ or love at first sight. Romeo falls in love with Juliet when he sees her. He says to himself‚ “Did my heart love til now?” He decides that he is in love with Juliet although he has never spoken to her. Romeo falls for her too quickly. Romeo’s love may also be infatuation

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    Sonnet 43 was written in secret in Petrarchan style by Elizabeth Barrut Browning. It was written in first person with dominant figure of speech anaphora. Expressing the intense love she feels for her husband-to-be‚ Whereas Sonnet 116 is about love in the most ideal form. It admires people who have got together freely and base their relationship on trust and understanding. Both of the poems are written in iambic pentameter form and the key theme is passionate‚ romantic love and marriage. Sonnet 43

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    Essay: The Motif of Time in Shakespeare’s Sonnet 19 Time may well be the most confusing‚ incomprehensible and paradox matter in our universe. There seems to be no possibility of influencing it in any way and we have to accept that it will always follow its own course. While most would agree‚ William Shakespeare - in his own way - was different. In his Sonnet 19‚ his lyrical I even tries to stop it‚ this unstoppable force that alters and consumes everything‚ this "Devouring time"1‚ as it is called

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    SONNET 13 In the first two lines of "Sonnet 13"‚ Elizabeth Barrett Browning asks Robert if he wants her to write how she feels about him. In lines 3 and 4‚ she uses the metaphor of a torch in rough winds‚ which is meant to enlighten what is between them. In line 5‚ she drops it and goes on to say she cannot describe what she feels between them. In lines 6 through 8‚ she says she cannot risk herself by describing to him how she feels‚ and that she will not. In lines 9 through 14‚ she goes on to say

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    for term of life your art assured me. The previous sentence was taken from Shakespeare’s sonnet #92 which was modernized to today’s use of language. Sonnet #92‚ by Shakespeare describes his feelings towards the person he holds deeply‚ happy that he was able to have loved them that he was willing to accept death. That there was nothing that would make him stop loving them no matter what. In Shakespeare’s sonnet #92 he speaks about how happy he is to have love for that person he wouldn’t have any regrets

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    ISSN 1799-2591 Theory and Practice in Language Studies‚ Vol. 1‚ No. 8‚ pp. 1011-1014‚ August 2011 © 2011 ACADEMY PUBLISHER Manufactured in Finland. doi:10.4304/tpls.1.8.1011-1014 Religious Belief in Sonnet 55 of Shakespeare Dingming Wang English Department‚ Literature and Law School of Sichuan Agricultural University‚ Ya’an‚ Sichuan Province‚ China Email: wangdingming@163.com Dini Zhang English Department‚ Literature and Law School of Sichuan Agricultural University‚ Ya’an‚ Sichuan Province

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    “To his mistress going to bed” was a poem written in the 16th century by John Donne; however the poem was not published till after the poet’s death in 1631. The poem is characterised by him expressing the way in which he undresses his mistress‚ who‚ according to Donne‚ the girl in the poem may have been of high social status due to the description given in describing her. The poem is strictly from a male point of view before engaging in sexual intercourse with the girl. She undresses in stages to

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    Emilia Lanier: The Dark Lady in Shakespeare’s Sonnets For long centuries‚ two distinct‚ yet inextricably connected‚ mysteries have confounded the literary world. They are the actual identities of the “Fair Youth” and the “Dark Lady”‚ the chief protagonists‚ other than the poet/narrator‚ in William Shakespeare ’s sonnets. As the sonnets reflect a painful and complex triangle existing between the poet‚ the young man‚ and the dark woman‚ it is inevitable that theories as to the identity of one

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    “Imperfection is beauty‚ madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” ― Marilyn Monroe‚ Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words tags: be-yourself ‚ inspirational 12987 people liked it like “I like nonsense‚ it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.” ― Dr. Seuss tags: fantasy 12936 people liked it like “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed

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    prescribed sonnets from “Sonnets from the Portuguese” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning show‚ we can see the changes in perspective from the Victorian Era‚ compared to that of the Post-WWI period‚ the roaring 20’s. A comparison of these texts lets us see a change in society’s view on love‚ the role of women in marriage‚ relationships‚ goals and ambitions (hope) and life’s meaning (morality) and also the impact of gender differences on the perspectives conveyed. “SftP” is a series of sonnets written

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