Sonnets
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 12:10 AM
Sonnet 1
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- Urges a man to pass his beauty onto future generations by having a child
- Firs line (Bible reference where we are told to go forth and multiply)
- References to cannibalism because you are consuming yourself rather than reproducing
- Gluttony ?
- Contradiction, by keeping something to yourself, you are wasting it.
- He tries to have a disinterested view (different from uninterested), matter of factly
- Very interested statements, the speaker actually loves this beautiful young man
- Speaker takes the moral high ground
- Tries to speak from an objective stance
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Sonnet 18
- Beauty that surpasses even that of a perfect summer day
- Criticizes the shakiness of summers beauty compared to the constancy of his subject
- Poetry lives forever, mortal things pass away
- Lots of themes throughout the sonnets of the immortality
- But really, is it really immortal if no one is there to experience it
- Guiding themes is the endurance of poetry
- The transcendence of poetry is hedged by the fact that it will only live forever if there are enough people to read it
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Sonnet 130
- Offers a realistic portrayal of his lover
- Describes her flaws
- Despite these, his love for her is rare
- Blazon: catalogues the physical attributes of a subject, usually female
- Shakespeare parodies this
- Humanizing of a subject
- Speaker is drawn to her, wants her sexually but is disgusted by himself that he does
- A problematic desire
- Ties back to social class
John Benson 1640
- Changed the pronouns of Shakespeare to address a woman instead of a man
- Because at the time it was unconventional to address a man like that
- Not necessarily homosexual but strange
- The couplet has a place outside the 12 lines to say despite _______ you are loved
I CHOOSE:
Sonnet 116
- Try playing devils advocate when reading Shakespeare poems
Sonnets are about language
- Understanding the basic themes
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 12:10 AM
Sonnet 1
-
- Urges a man to pass his beauty onto future generations by having a child
- Firs line (Bible reference where we are told to go forth and multiply)
- References to cannibalism because you are consuming yourself rather than reproducing
- Gluttony ?
- Contradiction, by keeping something to yourself, you are wasting it.
- He tries to have a disinterested view (different from uninterested), matter of factly
- Very interested statements, the speaker actually loves this beautiful young man
- Speaker takes the moral high ground
- Tries to speak from an objective stance
-
Sonnet 18
- Beauty that surpasses even that of a perfect summer day
- Criticizes the shakiness of summers beauty compared to the constancy of his subject
- Poetry lives forever, mortal things pass away
- Lots of themes throughout the sonnets of the immortality
- But really, is it really immortal if no one is there to experience it
- Guiding themes is the endurance of poetry
- The transcendence of poetry is hedged by the fact that it will only live forever if there are enough people to read it
0-
Sonnet 130
- Offers a realistic portrayal of his lover
- Describes her flaws
- Despite these, his love for her is rare
- Blazon: catalogues the physical attributes of a subject, usually female
- Shakespeare parodies this
- Humanizing of a subject
- Speaker is drawn to her, wants her sexually but is disgusted by himself that he does
- A problematic desire
- Ties back to social class
John Benson 1640
- Changed the pronouns of Shakespeare to address a woman instead of a man
- Because at the time it was unconventional to address a man like that
- Not necessarily homosexual but strange
- The couplet has a place outside the 12 lines to say despite _______ you are loved
I CHOOSE:
Sonnet 116
- Try playing devils advocate when reading Shakespeare poems
Sonnets are about language
- Understanding the basic themes
