The writer aims to describe to the reader the nature of love through what love is not‚ and uses techniques such as repetition and allusions. In the opening lines of the sonnet‚ the persona bids the reader to “Let me not to the marriage of true minds/ Admit impediments.” It is inevitable that we make a connection to the Episcopal Book‚ where it is stated‚ “…if either of you do know any impediment why you may not be lawfully joined together in marriage‚ that ye confess it.” While it is important to
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Sonnet 55 Name- Ishita Trivedi Grade – 10M Subject – English Mar’s favourite Rhyme Written by William Shakespeare the renowned “Sonnet 55” is a lyrical poem that effectively states his idea of immortality. Throughout the three quatrains Shakespeare portrays the subject and certain aspects of the theme as stated in the couplet. The profound theme that the poet explores is the mightiness of words over time. The persona addresses his beloved‚ recounting how her beauty shall live on till
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The poem “where shall we go” is written by Vernon Scannell. This poem is mainly based on a love relationship‚ which doesn’t go to plan. Throughout the poem it shows that love can end up in many ways‚ but looking closely at the content of love in this poem it doesn’t go smoothly. The see is set in a local pub bar where a man is waiting impatiently on his girlfriend to arrive‚ but he knows himself that she is going to be late. The mood all through the poem is down beat and this poem also has a regular
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Holy Sonnet 10 Although Elizabethan times are characterized by romantic and highly ornamented poetry devoted to the exploration of the human feelings‚ there was also a group of bold poets in the 17th Century who took their words to a rather analytical side of the abstracts aspects of life. John Donne‚ one of Metaphysical Poetry’s main figures‚ stands out for his choice of simple words to approach more complex themes of life. In ‘‘Holy Sonnet 10’’‚ Donne brings Death to human level in which he
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The world revolves around currency‚ in reality we all use money in our everyday life we are making it‚ spending it or saving it. Andrew Lang wrote “Ballade of Wordly Wealth‚” through repetition in this poem we learn about the people in the 1800s and 1900s and what they thought about money. What money can buy a person is the idea of the first six lines of each stanza. But the thought of what money cannot buy is always revisited. At the end of each stanza a refrain is made “Youth‚ and health‚ and
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Jesús Ibáñez Sagasti Year 11 Visual analysis of the poem “Lament” by Gillian Clarke In the poem ‘Lament’ the poet is talking about war and other disasters‚ created by man‚ which destroys the world. “Lament” is an elegy‚ an expression of grief. It can be a sad‚ military tune played on a bugle. She is talking about how the animals are affected and she uses them as a device for empathy from the reader. Even in the title she is starting with a gloomy picture. “Lament” means the expression of pain
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Sister Maude Christina Rossetti begins her poem “Sister Maude” with two similar questions‚ asking who told her parents about her ’shame’. We do not know at this point what the narrator’s shame is‚ but it gradually becomes clear that she was having an affair with a handsome man. In Victorian times when Rossetti was writing‚ this would certainly have been considered shameful. The narrator answers the questions in the first quatrain‚ naming her sister Maude as the person who told her parents what was
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-> The poem The Convergence of the Twain‚ by Thomas Hardy‚ is about the sinking of the Titanic. The title alone describes the ship and the iceberg meeting as one. By choosing this title‚ the author automatically conveys a seriousness of the poem. The author uses various literary techniques to convey his mockery and careless attitude towards the sinking of the ship. -> In the first five stanzas‚ the author discusses the already submerged ship. "Stilly couches she‚" describes the ship resting on the
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LONDON - WILLIAM BLAKE The poem that I have selected to comment on is “LONDON’’ by William Blake. London is a poem by William Blake published in Songs of Experience in 1794. It is one of the few poems in Songs of Experience which does not have a corresponding poem in Songs of Innocence.. This work is dedicated to the analysis of the poem and the importance of the poem in Blake’s life. PERSONAL ANALYSIS OF THE
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HOW SOON HATH TIME- JOHN MILTON HOW SOON HATH TIME is a Petrarchan sonnet written by John Milton the famous English poet. It is a sonnet written on the 9th of December 1631.Typical of the Petrarchan sonnet‚ there is a tonal change as well as a change in the mood and emotions of the poet. The poem has an autobiographical touch. In the Octave‚ the poet laments the passage of 23 years of his life‚ especially the 23rd year. The sonnet begins with a tone of frustration and desperation. He suffers from
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