FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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Whereas most sonnets use elevated language about love and to idealise woman, Shakespeare writes that although music is easier to listen to . He does sincerely “love” to hear his mistress speak
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Shakespeare writes that this woman is not perfect and he would rather listen to something more melodic than her babble
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The poet uses nautical imagery to construct the mental picture of love as a star leading all of us through life. Lines 5-8: In line five, the declaration that love is “an ever-fixed mark” introduces this extended metaphor of love as a star to which we all look.
Detailed explanation-2: -Simile: It occurs in the first two lines: “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun; / Coral is far more red than her lips’ red”. Metaphor: Readers can find an implicit comparison between music and human voice in this line “That music hath a far more pleasing sound”.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sonnet 130 is a kind of inverted love poem. It implies that the woman is very beautiful indeed, but suggests that it is important for this poet to view the woman he loves realistically. False or indeed “poetical” metaphors, conventional exaggerations about a woman’s beauty, will not do in this case.
Detailed explanation-4: -The speaker of Sonnet 18 is absolutely fixated on fate and mortality, but believes he’s come up with an effective time machine: poetry. Instead of contemplating a beautiful summer’s day, this speaker can’t stop thinking about how everything in life is temporary and fleeting.