"True is it that we have seen better days."
-Williams Shakespeare
-Williams Shakespeare
Sonnets
What are they? A sonnet is a poem consisting of 14 lines using any number of formal rhyme scheme. However there must be 10 syllables per line.
Shakespeare clearly enjoyed writing sonnets and wrote a total of 154. Following this text I have analysed my favourite Shakespeare sonnet.
Shakespeare clearly enjoyed writing sonnets and wrote a total of 154. Following this text I have analysed my favourite Shakespeare sonnet.
Sonnet 116
Sonnet Analyisis: Sonnet 116 is mainly just about love. William Shakespeare is praising those who love each other and come together without being forced and enter a relationship based on understanding and trust. The first four lines show Shakespeare's passion for strong and constant love and tells of how we don't fully understand love and it's worth. In the last couplets of the sonnet Shakespeare declares that if he is wrong about the nature of perfect love, he must take back all his writings on truth, love and faith.
Bibliography:
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/116detail.html
http://www.gradesaver.com/shakespeares-sonnets/study-guide/summary-sonnet-116-let-me-not-to-the-marriage-of-true-minds
http://shakespeare.about.com/od/thesonnets/a/what_is_a_sonnet.htm
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/116detail.html
http://www.gradesaver.com/shakespeares-sonnets/study-guide/summary-sonnet-116-let-me-not-to-the-marriage-of-true-minds
http://shakespeare.about.com/od/thesonnets/a/what_is_a_sonnet.htm