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Analyzing What Lips My Lips Have Kissed Analysis
Literature
Poetry
Sonnet
In Edna St Vincent Millay’s Petrarchan sonnet “What lips my lips have kissed”, the speaker talks about past lovers that are in her life no more. Millay uses a variety of poetic devices such as, imagery, tone, and metaphor. She uses imagery of pleasure, intimate love, and nature. Her tone alters throughout the poem from…
What Is Love? Baby Don’t Hurt Me an Analysis of a Crown of Sonnets Dedicated to Love
Love
Sonnet
A Crown of Sonnets Dedicated to Love is a poem series by Lady Mary Wroth, but this essay will focus only on the first sonnet of the sequence. Wroth had a particular writing style that appears within this poem. This sonnet follows the Shakespearian formula rigidly and uses it quite effectively, though it isn’t just…
Metaphysical Poetry: John Donne “Holy Sonnet 10” Analysis
Physical
Poetry
Sonnet
Although the Elizabethan era was known for its romantic and elaborate poetry that delved into human emotions, there existed a group of daring 17th-century poets who focused on analyzing the abstract aspects of life. John Donne, a prominent figure of Metaphysical Poetry, stands out for his use of plain language to address profound subjects. In…
The Power of Love in Sonnets by Petrarch Surrey and Wyatt Analysis
Love
Sonnet
Wyatt and Surrey, who lived and were close friends during the tumultuous reign Of Henry VIII in England, composed respective translations of some of Petrarch’s most famous works. In their writings, though their words are quite similar to those of Petrarch, it is clear they have their individual interpretations of the texts and the theme…
| genre | Poem,Lyric poetry |
|---|---|
| description | A sonnet is a poetic form which originated in the Italian poetry composed at the Court of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II in Palermo, Sicily. The 13th-century poet and notary Giacomo da Lentini is credited with the sonnet's invention for expressing courtly love. |
| quotations | If you have so earth-creeping a mind that it cannot lift itself up to look to the sky of poetry I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up, and I hate to be alone. |
| information | Syllables: Lines and syllables. A sonnet has fourteen lines, and each line has ten syllables. The poem can be broken down into three segments of four lines (each called a quatrain) and one pair of lines that rhyme (called a couplet)., Father: Petrarch, Father of the Sonnet | Folger Shakespeare Library., Meter: Sonnets generally use a meter of iambic pentameter, and follow a set rhyme scheme. … The two most common sonnet variations are the Italian sonnet (also called a Petrarchan sonnet), and the English sonnetEnglish sonnet Sonnet 73, one of the most famous of William Shakespeare’s 154 sonnets, focuses on the theme of old age. The sonnet addresses the Fair Youth. Each of the three quatrains contains a metaphor: Autumn, the passing of a day, and the dying out of a fire. |
