Essays on Sonnet

How does the treatment of similar content in The Great Gatsby and the prescribed poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning reflect changing values and perspectives? Throughout different time periods in history, perspectives change. With changing perspectives, artists and authors convey their feelings for particular social issues in varying ways through their texts. As the prescribed text,…

Nettles Relationship Parent and child: My son aged three’. The speaker loves his son and is fiercely protective of him. He describes his skin as ‘tender’ (L6). He responds to the nettles in a violent way- ‘slashed in fury’ (L10). He approaches their destruction in a methodical way ‘next task’ (L12). Subject The subject is…

“Sonnet on the Death of Mr Richard West” by Thomas Gray analysis The theme of the poem “Sonnet on the Death of Mr Richard West” by Thomas Gray is definitely of mourning and sorrow as he has lost someone close to him. Gray uses these emotions as the basis and inspiration of this sonnet. Written…

When Henry Constable attempts to describe his “lady”, he paints the reader an image of love, pureness, and of natural beauty. In his sonnet, “[My lady’s presence makes the roses red]”, Constable talks to the various body parts of his “lady”, claiming that they inspire envy into flowers and that his “lady” is in fact…

Sonnet 130 and My Ugly Love Contrast and Comparison Shakespeare’s sonnet 130, “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” and Pablo Neruda’s “My ugly love” are popularly known to describe beauty in a way hardly anyone would write: through the truth. It’s a common fact that modern lovers and poets speak or write of…

Sonnet 75 by Edmund Spenser seem to be about author attempts to immortalize his wife and the love of his life by use of symbols, her name and heaven, external conflicts, and alliteration. He puts himself in the center of his poem, express very personal thoughts, emotion and convictions. This poem, the author uses the…

Some were about romance and tragedy, while others were comedy. He is considered as one of the most talented writers of his time. This essay will talk about the three main sonnets of the story which are the prologue of Act 1 and 2, and the first conversation between Romeo and Juliet. A sonnet is…

In Sonnet No. 60 “Like as waves make towards the pebbled shore,” Shakespeare uses discrete images for each of the first three quatrains, distinct sound combinations, and disruptions to the prevailing iambic pentameter. These poetic techniques, along with the use of words evoking violent confrontation, contribute to the overall argument of this philosophical sonnet dealing…

The Alternating Negative and Positive Metaphors of Love in Sonnet 116             Like any other love sonnet by Shakespeare, Sonnet 116 romanticizes an ideal type of love. In a nutshell, the sonnet defines what constitutes love and what does not. These definitions are best employed by Shakespeare through metaphors, a figure of speech that states…

Shakespeare, regarded the greatest sonneteer of all time, had taken the untried in form and substance in his sonnets. In his time, sonnets followed the conventional Petrarchan form and content that Shakespeare’s deviation was initially disturbing, but much later was subject of interesting analyses. Petrarchan sonnets dealt with conventional love, but Shakespeare went beyond when…