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- 21: Summertime Blues
- ... try to win the heart of his reader, and the woman he loves. Shakespeare wrote his sonnet when he was deeply in love with a woman. The woman used by Shakespeare is consistent throughout his sonnets, but no one is quite sure of the woman's identity. An expert on Shakespearian sonnets, Katherine Duncan-Jones, states "one sixth of the sonnets are addressed to the dark lady-and these can be seen as brutally defiant of Petrarchanism, yet the history of criticism is strewn with failed attempts to determine the identity of this mystery woman" ( ...
- 22: The Beginnings of a National Literary Tradition
- ... subject matter and inspiration for his verse. It is no surprise that Archibald Lampman published two major volumes of verse in his lifetime. The first being Among the Millet in 1888, which consisted of mainly sonnets and poetry of natural description, and the second being Lyrics of the Earth in 1895, which was "not as interesting as the first [volume] but contained more perfect poetry"(115, Guthrie). When Lampman died in ... published work displayed him as "an Apostle of beauty, feeling, and meaning of the Canadian scene, a title which he will always be best and most widely known"(Connor 102). This first volume contains thirty sonnets of which Lampman uses to Landscape' the nation. Lampman is a pictorial artist. He uses images to allow the reader to see what he sees. Connor describes this first volume of poetry as the "exponent ... He once said that "for the poet the beauty of external nature and the aspects of the most primitive life are always a sufficient inspiration"(Brown 89). This first volume of published poetry held thirty sonnets while his second published work held none. It is thought that the sonnet was Lampman's favored vehicle for disclosing what was going on within himself. Lampman's poetry is that of Reflection, rather ...
- 23: Summertime Blues
- ... try to win the heart of his reader, and the woman he loves. Shakespeare wrote his sonnet when he was deeply in love with a woman. The woman used by Shakespeare is consistent throughout his sonnets, but no one is quite sure of the woman's identity. An expert on Shakespearian sonnets, Katherine Duncan-Jones, states "one sixth of the sonnets are addressed to the dark lady-and these can be seen as brutally defiant of Petrarchanism, yet the history of criticism is strewn with failed attempts to determine the identity of this mystery woman" ( ...
- 24: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- ... children to marry. In 1846, the couple eloped and settled in Florence, Italy, where Elizabeth's health improved and she had a son, Robert Wideman Browning. Her father never spoke to her again. Elizabeth's Sonnets from the Portuguese, dedicated to her husband and written in secret before her marriage, was published in 1850. Critics generally consider the Sonnets one of the most widely known collections of love lyrics. Elizabeth Barrett Browning died in Florence on June 29, 1861.
- 25: Analyzing Shakespears Sonnet 5
- ... unlike them, love will not even fade. They make love seem to be like a rock that does not decay or move; it is ever-present with the lovers and it is never forgotten. Both sonnets are Elizabethan sonnets. Their rhyme scheme is a, b, a, b, c, d, c, d, e, f, e, f, g, g. They build up the subject until the last two lines, where they reach the conclusion that love ...
- 26: William Shakespeare
- ... boy did not survive. By 1592 Shakespeare attained success as an actor and a playwright. The publication of his two narrative poems Venus and Adonis (1593) and The Rape of Lucrece (1594) and of his Sonnets (1609) established his reputation as a gifted and popular poet. Shakespeare's modern reputation, however, is based primarily on the 38 plays attributed to him. He formed his own acting company, the Chamberlain's Men ... Globe Theatre in London, include historical works, such as Richard II, comedies, including Much Ado about Nothing and As You Like It, and tragedies, such as Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear . He also composed 154 sonnets (quite the prolific writer!)
- 27: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- ... children to marry. In 1846, the couple eloped and settled in Florence, Italy, where Elizabeth's health improved and she had a son, Robert Wideman Browning. Her father never spoke to her again. Elizabeth's Sonnets from the Portuguese, dedicated to her husband and written in secret before her marriage, was published in 1850. Critics generally consider the Sonnets one of the most widely known collections of love lyrics. Elizabeth Barrett Browning died in Florence on June 29, 1861. Word Count: 589
- 28: Romeo And Juliet 11 -
- ... world has ever known. The thirty-seven plays he wrote more than 400 years ago are the most popular on Earth. They are performed more often than those of any other playwright. He also wrote sonnets, a kind of poem. Writing sonnets was thought to be much more important than writing plays in Shakespeare s day (Debnam). By the time Shakespeare turned thirty years old, he was an established actor and playwright in London. At the age ...
- 29: Analysis of the Poems of William Wordsworth
- ... 1814 he wrote The Excursion and The Poems, in 1815, came the three narrative poems: "The White Doe of Rylstone," "Peter Bell," and "The Waggoner." Yarrow Revisited and Other Poems, written in 1835, and The Sonnets of William Wordsworth, written in 1838, were both accepted well publicly and Wordsworth's sonnets were compared with those of Shakespeare and Milton (Wordsworth, William DISCovering). He was given honorary degrees from the University of Durham and Oxford University, and in 1843, he became poet laureate. He retired to Rydal ...
- 30: Immortality In Shakesperean Poetry
- ... him. Beethoven wrote his "5th Symphony" and he is still remembered for it. These ideas of eternal life were mirrored in poetry of William Shakespeare - the Renaissance man of England. In a number of his sonnets Shakespeare talks about immortality from diverse points of view. It is a wonder how Shakespeare can take an issue and approach from different perspectives and each time the same issue is presented in new light ... time and forgotten, poetry will still remain a part of human folklore. Nothing can destroy a word because it is not a material subject. The concept of immortality through legacy is described colorfully in the sonnets. The author uses various techniques to approach the issue. He employs comparisons as well as direct language. The ideas presented in Shakespearean poems are clear examples of changes in human mentality that occurred during Renaissance ...
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