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Sonnet 116 William Shakespeare

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Sonnet 116William Shakespeare

Formalist Closed form of poetry it follows a particular pattern or structure Syntax of the sonnet arranged in lines and stanzas It is an English Sonnet includes three quatrains (4 lines) and a couplet (2 lines) Rhythm Iambic Pentameter Ex. Let Me | Not To | the Mar | -Riage Of | True Minds.

Formalist Figurative Languages used: Used the word Love to other inanimate objects like: Stars (Metaphor) : It is the star

Wandering Bark (Metonymy) : to every wandering bark

Sickle/time (Synecdoche) : Love's not Time's fool Within his bending sickle's compass come

Sonnet 116Rhyme SchemeLet me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove: O no! it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark, Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken. Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle's compass come: Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom. If this be error and upon me proved, I never writ, nor no man ever loved. A B A B C D C D E F E F G G

Reader-response The sonnet is obviously about love in its most ideal form. In this sonnet, the person relates love like a lighthouse which sees storms, but never shaken. It means that it can see beyond other peoples imperfections and yet accept them as who they are. It reminds me of Gods love where it does not alter with hours and weeks, and neither until the end of life but rather, forever.

Reader-response I liked the selection because it praises love in a simple manner. It also emphasizes the truth behind love that it doesnt end as well as change when it finds itself in circumstances. It struck me when Shakespeare compares love to a star to every wandering bark, whose worths unknown, although his height be taken because I agree that love will always find a way even if all ties are gone.

Historical-Biographical When William Shakespeare was 18 years old, he married a 26 year old woman named Anne Hathaway. Anne Hathaway was already pregnant before they got married. To prevent a scandal, William's father, John Shakespeare, arranged a hasty marriage for them.

Historical-Biographical 1607: His eldest daughter, Susanna, was married to Dr. John Hall and they had their afirst daughter, Elizabeth Hall, on June 5, 1607

The Sonnet was published on the year of 1609.

Historical-Biographical It seems that Shakespeare is telling the readers that love is what he believes it to be, he is relating what he has learned from life to the readers.

His love and marriage to Anne Hathaway may have been the emotion in this sonnet, maybe Shakespeare really loved Anne to the point that he made her pregnant even before marriage and risk the reputation of his family and Annes.

Historical-Biographical There is also a possibility that this sonnet was written for his daughter, it was only in 1609 that it was published, but it may not have been written on the same year. It is possible that William Shakespeare wrote this sonnet for his daughter to tell her that her love for her fianc should be strong and eternal, something like a father would say to his daughter when she is about to be married.