FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
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Question
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A poem about death
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A poem about love
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A poem about writing poetry
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A poem about Shakespeare and his father
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sonnet 153 This sonnet uses an ancient parable to demonstrate that love’s fire is unquenchable. It goes on to argue that only the mistress’s eyes can cure the poet. Sonnet 154 This sonnet, like s.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sonnet 18: The Valentine’s Day Sonnet Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? It is a quintessential love poem and that is why it so often used on Valentine’s Day. Sonnet 18 is also a perfect example of Shakespeare’s ability to explain human emotion so succinctly.
Detailed explanation-3: -Although most sonnets are love poems, they don’t have to be romantic. Wordsworth wrote about his love for the city of London. Keats expressed his passionate affection for an English translation of Homer! And John Donne wrote Holy Sonnets to God.
Detailed explanation-4: -’Sonnet 153’ is concerned with several themes. These include love and illness. These are familiar themes to those who have spent any time reading Shakespeare’s Dark Lady sonnets. The speaker is obsessed with his mistress, so much so that he compares his love for her to an illness.