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    Edmund Spenser Sonnet 30

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    Sonnet 30 by Edmund Spenser figurative devices theme My love is like to ice‚ and I to fire: simile comparing his love for her to fire‚ hers for him to ice How comes it then that this her cold so great Is not dissolved through my so hot desire‚ But harder grows the more I her entreat? Rhetorical question relating to her increasing coldness towards him the more he desires her Or how comes it that my exceeding heat Is not

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    and Sonnets RL 2 Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text‚ including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text. RL 5 Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact. Sonnet 30 Sonnet 75 Poetry by Edmund Spenser Meet the Author Edmund Spenser

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    SONNET 34” by Edmund Spenser Sonnet 34‚ which is included in a collection of poems known as “Amoretti” by Edmund Spenser‚ was published in 1595. Throughout this poem the speaker expresses feelings of depression and anguish because of the loss of his beloved. However‚ he is not pessimistic at all since he knows that his love for her will bring him joy once more. This poem is a Spenserian sonnet which is composed of three quatrains and a final couplet. The rhyme pattern is abab bcbc cdcd ee written

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    Life of Edmund Spenser

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    SPEN ser 1552-1599 I. Introduction SpenserEdmund (1552?-1599)‚ great English poet‚ who bridged the medieval and Elizabethan periods‚ and who is most famous for his long allegorical romance‚ The Faerie Queene. II. Life and Works Spenser was born in London‚ where he attended the Merchant Tailor’s School. He then went on to Pembroke College‚ University of Cambridge‚ where he took a degree in 1576. In 1579 he entered the service of the English courtier Robert Dudley‚ earl of Leicester‚ and

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    Sonnet 30

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    Edmund Spenser Sonnet 30 (Fire and Ice) ! My love is like to ice‚ and I to fire: a how comes it then that this her cold so great b is not dissolv’d through my so hot desire‚ a but harder grows‚ the more I her entreat? b ! Or how comes it that my exceeding heat c is not delayed by her heart frozen cold‚ d but that I burn much more in boiling sweat‚ c and feel my flames augmented manifold? d ! What more miraculous thing may be told e that fire‚ which all thing melts

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    merchant’s company. When  Edmund came of age he entered the University of Cambridge as a "sizar" (a student who paid less for his education than others and had to wait on (to serve) the wealthier students at mealtimes). Spenser was learned in Hebrew‚ Greek‚ Latin and French. His generation was one of the first to study also their mother tongue seriously. While at college‚ he acted in the tragedies of the ancient masters and this inspired him to write poetry.  Spenser began his literary work at

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    a theatre‚ prepared to watch Edmund Spenser perform. Spenser is the most hilarious comedian of the 21st century. Everyone loves him. His shows are always sold out. You know you’re going to laugh until your sides hurt and you can’t breathe. Spenser walks out on stage‚ somber and serious. He starts his act: Are you laughing yet? Or are you confused? Are you trying to figure out what in the world is happening? Are you trying to figure out what language Spenser is speaking? What’s the difference

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    Sonnet 30 Analysis

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    Misleading Love Although love can be kind and beautiful‚ it can cause some people to become blind and follow their hearts rather than think with their mind. “Sonnet 30” by Edmund Spenser dramatizes the conflict of a man’s burning desire to be with a woman who has no interest in him. Edmund Spenser uses the metaphorical comparisons of dramatically opposites‚ fire and ice. The man is fire‚ who is obsessed for this ice cold hearted woman‚ which returns nothing. The poem explains why this man can’t

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    restored and sorrows end." But as soon as I think of you‚ my dear friend‚ all those wounds are healed‚ and my sorrows come to an end. Why is he saying it? Sonnet 30 is at the center of a sequence of sonnets dealing with the narrator’s growing attachment to the fair lord and the narrator’s paralyzing inability to function without him. The sonnet begins with the image of the poet drifting off into the "remembrance of things past" - painful memories‚ we soon learn‚ that the poet has already lamented

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    Sonnet 30 In this sonnet‚ the poet conveys a theme of grief as he meditates on past woes and losses but is ultimately comforted by the thought of a "dear friend" (13). The pensive poet reflects upon memories of the past‚ causing him to regret his failure to achieve all that he wanted. With old woes recalled‚ he grieves over having wasted precious time. He then weeps‚ although he seldom does normally‚ for dear friends who have died and are lost to death’s eternal night. He cries once more over

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