Comparing To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell and Sonnet 138 by William Shakespeare
I am comparing 'To His Coy Mistress' by Andrew Marvell (1640) and
'Sonnet 138' by William Shakespeare (1590). The similarities between
both poems are that they both use a certain amount of syllables
throughout each poem. 'To His Coy Mistress' uses 8 syllables per line,
and 'Sonnet 138' uses 10 syllables per line. Another obvious
similarity is that they both end with a couplet. They both also tell a
story. The differences in the poems are that 'To His Coy Mistress' is
arguing why they should get on with life, and Carpe diem whereas
'Sonnet 138' is telling us about how he doesn't trust her, yet he
loves her. They use different styles, because Shakespeare uses
alternate rhyming lines whereas 'To His Coy Mistress' uses couplets
most of the time. They also present different ideas. The first ('To
his Coy Mistress') gives the impression that women are shy and need
encouragement whereas 'Sonnet 138' shows that they lie and trick men.
'To His Coy Mistress' is the title of the first poem. It implies that
she is a shy mistress and it does not mean, as it does today, that she
was a secret lover and doing it deceitfully behind a man's wife's
back. It just meant his girlfriend. 'To His Coy Mistress' meant to his
shy girlfriend. The poem is a three-stage argument. It starts with the
'if' stage. If we had enough time I would spend all the ages of this
world loving you, I would spend all my time flattering you and
praising you'. The next stage is the 'but' stage. It is telling her
that we don't have all the time in the world and we are soon going to
die. The third...
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...esting to read, especially 'To His
Coy Mistress' because of the differences within the poem and because
of the way it is written like an argument. I do not find 'Sonnet 138'
beautiful but I do find it unusual because it has a strange idea that
it is all right to lie in a relationship if it makes someone happy,
because of this I find the poem offensive, as I do not believe it is
right to lie. If I received 'To His Coy Mistress' I would be both
offended and flattered, but I would have liked to have written it
because it is so clever. I don't think either poem help us to truly
understand love because one says you lie in a relationship and the
other tells us that women are shy. They contradict each other, but
this does not mean that one poem is right and one is wrong, it just
shows us two different views of love.
C. Connotations:The poem is written in free verse with no rhyme or rhythm to be
Compare William Shakespeare’s Sonnets 12 and 73 William Shakespeare (1564-1616) wrote a group of 154 sonnets between 1592 and 1597, which were compiled and published under the title 'Shakespeare's Sonnets' in 1609. The 154 poems are divided into two groups, a larger set, consisting of sonnets 1-126 which are addressed by the poet to a dear young man, the smaller group of sonnets 127-154 address another persona, a 'dark lady'. The larger set of sonnets display a deliberate sequence, a sonnet cycle akin to that used a decade earlier by the English poet Phillip Sidney (1554-1586) in 'Astrophel and Stella'. The themes of love and infidelity are dominant in both sets of poems, in the larger grouping; these themes are interwoven with symbols of beauty, immortality, and the ravages of time. Lyrical speculations of poetry's power to maintain bonds of love and to revere the beloved can also be found in the larger collection of sonnets.
there is no obvious rhythm to this poem and in fact the slow pace of
"Sonnet 144." The Norton Anthology of English Literature. 6th ed. Vol. 1. Eds. M. H. Abrams,
Lust and Love in Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130 and Campion’s There is a Garden in Her Face
Love and Hate are powerful emotions that influence and control how we interact with people. To express this influence and control and the emotions associated with love and hate, for instance, joy, admiration, anger, despair, jealousy, and disgust, author's craft their writing with literary elements such as as structure, figurative language, imagery, diction, symbolism, and tone. Poems in which these can be seen present are “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke, “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning, and “Sonnet 130” by William Shakespeare. Within “My Papa’s Waltz” a mighty love is seen between the father and son. To express this Roethke uses figurative language, symbolism and diction. Within “My Last Duchess” there is little love, but an ample hate towards the duchess from the Duch. To express this the
...e speaker admits she is worried and confused when she says, “The sonnet is the story of a woman’s struggle to make choices regarding love.” (14) Her mind is disturbed from the trials of love.
meaning as long as the poem will exist and be read, the girl (who the
William Shakespeare’s sonnets are renowned as some of the greatest poetry ever written. He wrote a total of 154 sonnets that were published in 1609. Shakespearean sonnets consider similar themes including love, beauty, and the passing of time. In particular, William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 75 and Sonnet 116 portray the theme of love through aspects of their form and their display of metaphors and similes. While both of these sonnets depict the theme of love, they have significantly contrasting ideas about the same theme.
Shakespeare and Petrarch, two poets popular for their contributions on the issue of love, both tackle the subject of their work through sonnet, yet there are key contrasts in their style, structure, and in the way, each approaches their subjects. Moreover, it is clear that in "Sonnet 130," Shakespeare in fact parodies Petrarch's style and thoughts as his storyteller describes his mistress, whose "eyes are in no way as the sun" (Shakespeare 1918). Shakespeare seems, by all accounts, to mock the exaggerated descriptions expanded throughout Petrarch’s piece by giving an English poem portraying the speaker’s love in terms that are characteristic of a flawed woman not a goddess. On the other hand, Petrarch's work is full of symbolism. In reviewing "Sonnet 292" from the Canzoniere, through “Introduction to Literature and Arts,” Petrarch’s utilization of resemblance and the romanticizing of Petrarch's female subject are normal for the Petrarchan work. The leading major contrast between the two poems is the piece structure utilized (McLaughlin).
The poem works on a very personal level - it is based on the authentic
“Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.”- Kahlil Gibran. I am going to compare and contrast between “Sonnet 130”, by William Shakespeare and “The Harlem Dancer”, by Claude McKay. Both poems and sonnets are English and have fourteen lines or stanzas, and the rhyme scheme of ABABCDCDEFEFGG, which points out beauty in women.
Whether the reader sees the satire or not depends on the reader themselves. Those who see this poem may not realize they're guilty of believing that the love and patience in stanza one exists. The presentation of this argument works because it seems sweet at first glance, logical when looked at again, and satirical when looked at against the views of the society.
Sonnet 18 and Sonnet 130, by William Shakespeare, are two of the most well known Shakespeare sonnets. Both are similar in theme, however, the two poems are very much contradictory in style, purpose, and the muse to who Shakespeare is writing.
Shakespeare's language and dialogue signifies a range of human emotions and conditions that are timeless and explain his broad appeal even today. He is highly regarded for his love sonnets which convey an unchanging attitude and consummate romantic imagery that will always exist in the world as long as there are people. He has created words, phrases, and clichés that have become so intrinsic in English language, that many people do not even know they are actually quoting him.