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    Out of Love In William Shakespeare’s play‚ Shakespeare has a character recite a monologue in iambic pentameter. When a character has an iambic pentameter monologue it means they are making an important decision that will change the play. With every formal decision‚ it comes with pros and cons. In William Shakespeare’s play Othello‚ Othello becomes conflicted with his beliefs and his emotions. In Act 5‚ Scene 2‚ Othello’s soliloquy reveals his reasons for killing Desdemona. Othello’s insecurities

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    Close Reading of “How Soon Hath Time” Milton’s sonnet “How Soon Hath Time” is a Petrarchian style poem written in iambic pentameter. It has a rhyme scheme of a‚ b‚ b‚ a‚ a‚ b‚ b‚ a‚ c‚ d‚ e‚ d‚ c‚ e. Each four line stanza makes up one complete sentence. This structure is ideally suitable to the iambic pentameter style of the sonnet. Structuring the four line stanzas this way also constructs a cohesive thought. After the first and second four line stanzas there is major punctuation in the

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    construction of the poem works to enhance the reader’s interpretation. The poem dwells within a sonnet form‚ extolling all the virtues of "sleep." Falling within the general bounds of the sonnet‚ the poem is the obligatory fourteen lines of iambic pentameter coupled with an elaborate rhyme scheme. Although most closely resembling the English sonnet‚ the deliberate wanderings of the poem from this strict sonnet form merely serve to enhance the meaning of the poem. Within the first two quatrains of

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    health‚ as they are now “coughing like old hags.” Repetition‚ such as “Gas! Gas!” and the word “drowning‚” enforced the urgency of the soldiers and the impressions made from a prolonged death. There is also an a-b-a-b rhyme scheme and use of iambic pentameter‚ which sets a beat for the poem and helps the read move along the graphic lines regarding a chemist’s war. The poem condemns those who glorify war and tempt young men into enlisting with hopes of triumph. These men enter war without knowledge

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    Shakespeare in 1599. There is only record of Shakespeare writing 154 sonnets in his lifetime. Lines one through twelve are written in ABAB rhyme scheme and the rhyme scheme changes in lines thirteen and fourteen where it is GG. The whole thing is in iambic pentameter. Shakespeare uses a lot of personification and connotation to tell a hidden story within this poem. Shakespeare’s Sonnet 138 can be put in much simpler terms. In Sonnet 138 lines one through twelve‚ or the problem‚ in simpler terms it says

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    ’Shall I Compare Thee (sonnet 18)’ Good Morning/ Good Afternoon teacher and my fellow class mates. Today I will be talking to you about ’Shall I Compare Thee’ by William Shakespeare. ’Shall I Compare Thee’ is about love and what two lovers feel for each other and how it is not affected by age. The way that Shakespeare is describing the woman is that she will never grow old and that her beauty will live on forever just like the poem will. ’Shall I Compare Thee’ was published in 1609 but was

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    1st Semester Exam Review Questions English 4 SELECTIONS FOR TESTING 1. Beowulf 2. “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” 3. Canterbury Tales “Prologue” 4. “The Pardoner’s Tale” from CT 5. Sonnets 6. Elements of Style author’s names Terms (know by definition‚ characteristics or example). 1. Kenning: two-word poetic renamings of people‚ places‚ and things such as the kenning whales’ home for the sea ex from Beowulf: “I have come so far

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    play. Shakespeare uses dramatic irony to emphasise the loss that these two share and in turn play to the audiences curiosity. Despite this many readers rarely realise that the prologue is in fact written in sonnet form; consisting of 14 lines‚ iambic pentameter and a rhyming couplet at the last line written. The structure may connote not only the strong love that both Romeo and Juliet share for one another but also perhaps the love of constantly attempting to evade their fate and follow passion as opposed

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    In this poem‚ William Shakespeare illustrates a woman who is not so imposing. Throughout the piece‚ the narrator compares his lover to beautiful things‚ but she comes out with the short end of the stick. She was not blessed with desirable attributes‚ yet he loves her. Unlike most poets from his time‚ Shakespeare does not write to please the reader’s ears but to be brutally honest in a way that is endearing‚ in a roundabout way. His sonnet is very atypical in the way that he describes his beloved

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    Essay #1: A Close Reading of William Wordsworth´s “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge‚ September 3‚ 1802” The poem‚ a Petricharan sonnet‚ “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge‚ September 3‚ 1802” by William Wordsworth describes the view from Westminster Bridge in an early morning sunlight and represents the image even more the beauty of London city in a very positive and peaceful way. The speaker achieves to produce an image in the reader´s mind that is so clear‚ that the reader is able to picture himself

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