British Sonnets

Gascoigne uses three quatrains and a couplet to create the English sonnet “For That He Looked Not upon Her.” The first quatrain introduces the reader to the speaker and his issues with his beloved, while also describing the speaker’s appearances after being heartbroken. In the second quatrain, the speaker builds onto his accounting of suffering and sorrow with an analogy of a “mouse” (Gascoigne

“Blank Sonnet” by George Elliott Clarke is a sonnet expressing struggled communication with a lover through a broken relationship. This poem expresses communication struggles through the stylization that is atypical to a Shakespearean or Petrachin Sonnet. Clarke

To begin the second stanza, Henry questions sleep asking why it will visit those “in smoky cribs” but not him in the “perfum’d chambers” of his castle. With this classic struggle between classes, Henry highlights how the nobles felt entitled to more than what everyone else had. Ironically, Henry address sleep as a “dull god” in the second sentence of the stanza. Just some lines before Henry was questioning sleep as if sleep was unaware of the special treatment that Henry thought he deserved. Moreover, Henry’s mind continues to fall into chaos and change the role of sleep from a gift-giving person to a god who grants his followers tranquility. Henry tempts the “god of sleep” by offering him a place “under the canopies of costly state.” At this moment, Shakespeare parallels a scene from the bible where the devil tempts Jesus (God), but Jesus never cowered. The last sentence consisting of eight lines and conclude with a period shows the kings panic and stress as he loses control. The structure of the sentence shows how sleep “rock[s] his brains” causing a “rude imperious surge” of emotion. The kings’ mind degrades from his sleep deprivation. What once was a mind of authority becomes a mind of “clamor in the slippery clouds” of his brain. The final convoluted sentence attempts to establish structure, but loses focus until after the last comma when Shakespeare

In 1573, George Gascoigne published “For That He Looked Not upon Her,” a poem in which his careful and methodical approach to the sonnet form is evident. Two years later, he published “Certayne Notes of Instruction on Making of Verse,” which only further served to cement his reputation as meticulous and deliberate with his choice of language and form—every choice Gascoigne makes is made with a purpose in mind. This is especially evident in “For That He Looked Not upon Her,” wherein Gascoigne utilizes both the intentionally-chosen sonnet form and vivid imagery to develop his criticism of the classic sonnet in which the beloved’s refusal of the author only serves to make him more determined to pursue her.

The similarities between the poems lie in their abilities to utilize imagery as a means to enhance the concept of the fleeting nature that life ultimately has and to also help further elaborate the speaker’s opinion towards their own situation. In Keats’ poem, dark and imaginative images are used to help match with the speaker’s belief that both love and death arise from fate itself. Here, Keats describes the beauty and mystery of love with images of “shadows” and “huge cloudy symbols of a high romance” to illustrate his belief that love comes from fate, and that he is sad to miss out on such an opportunity when it comes time for his own death.

In the romantic era, British authors and poets focused on nature and its influence. Two of those poets, Charlotte Smith and William Wordsworth, wrote many pieces on the beauty of nature and their personal experiences with the beaches of England. In “Far on the sands” and “It is a beauteous evening,” Smith and Wordsworth describe their respective experiences on the shore at sunset. Both authors use structure, theme, allusions, and imagery to effectively convey their perceptions of nature. While the sonnets share a setting and the topics of nature and tranquility, Smith’s has a focus on introspection and Wordsworth’s is centered around religion. These have different focuses which achieve different effects on the reader.

The poem talked around the despair and the suffering of the speaker that he is in. The poem is about a man hopelessly depressed and deeply in love that he can't get to sleep . The speaker started talking to the sleep. He then goes to describe the sleep with three different metaphors. Sleep here seems like a cure , a balm for one's sadness, a place of rest , and a maintains peace.

In Billy Collins poem “Sonnet,” it talks about the structure of a sonnet. Collins explains the complications and difficulties involving writing a sonnet by interpreting how many lines are needed in order to create a sonnet. The poem “Sonnet” has many issues; some which can be fixed with medication. Collins poem has a problem with its digestion, the diagnosis of the conflicts Collins faces are constipation and diarrhea. First, Collins poem suffers from the constipation because of the way he tries to develop the first line of the poem. However, though diarrhea is a very messy situation, some would consider the structure of Collins work as messy. Mainly because of the wording of his work; as if he just let out all of the excess baggage with no

Poetry is often meant to be smooth, flowing, pleasing to the ear and the mind. To achieve this effect, many poets use different poetic techniques to help convey the meanings of their poetry. In the sonnet, 'Yet Do I Marvel' written by Countee Cullen, many different features of poetry is used. In this essay, I will discuss the relationship between the meanings and the theme Cullen tries to convey in his sonnet and the techniques of metaphors, both religious and non-religious, allusions to Greek mythology, different rhyme schemes and repetition that he uses.

For instance, there is redundancy, rhyme, imagery, symbolism, comparison, similar sounding word usage, implication, similitude, metaphor, representation and non-serious question. Be that as it may, reiteration, analogy, essence and symbolism contribute the most to the significance of the sonnet.

In this compare and contrast essay I will compare four poems in detail and mention two in the passing to find similarities and differences. The poems and sonnets I have chosen to compare are ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ and ‘My Last Duchess’ by Robert Browning and Sonnet 18 and Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare

Glasgow sonnet is a touching poem written by Edwin Morgan and is about how Glasgow used to be, years ago and the effects that it had on people. It deals with an important issue such as poverty and we see the reality of it and how it shouldn’t be ignored. By examining Morgans use of techniques we will be able to seen more of the effects of poverty and how and things actually are Morgans makes the poem particularly effective by the use of sonnet structure, the first 8 lines show us the area and the surroundings and the second half shows us the inside of the situation including people having to deal with this poverty.

Thesis: The poets of “Five A.M” and “Five Flights Up” both see beauty in the morning and address what the morning means to them, but in “Five A.M.” Stafford sees more possibility and hope in this beauty whereas Bishop in “Five Flights Up” feels more hopeless and paralyzed at the thought of a new day. In “Five A.M.” Stafford displays more hope and sees more possibility in movement forward than Bishops shows in “Five Flights Up”. Stafford uses softer sounds like “pad”, “past” and “pavement” when describing the morning in “Five A.M.” while Bishop uses harder dounds like “bare branch” when observing the world in the morning. Enjambment is used in lines four and five as well as line fourteen of “Five A.M.” to literally and poetically convey the

‘Sonnet 116’ by William Shakespeare and ‘What Lips My Lips Have Kissed, And Where, And Why” by Edna St. Vincent Millay are both sonnets that discuss companionship and a glimpse of each poet’s experiences. In ‘Sonnet 116’, Shakespeare illustrates how capability is weakened by its metaphysical stereotype and ideals such as, love, while on the contrary, in ‘What Lips My Lips Have Kissed, And Where, And Why” Millay feeds on the chaos between the ideal of love and its harsh reality, heartbreak. Both poets seem to be love struck but there is a significant difference in the two. I will compare and contrast ‘Sonnet 116’ by William Shakespeare and ‘What Lips My Lips Have Kissed, And Where, And Why” by Edna St. Vincent Millay. I will also inquire and analyze why this particular form of poetry established different effects.

How strong is the despair caused by losing a loved one? "Italian Sonnet" written by James DeFord explores the theme of losing a loved one and wanting them to return to you. First off, the poem begins with the speaker begging for their lover to return. For instance, they want her to, "Turn back the heart [she] turned away." Accordingly, one can deduce that the narrator wants a second chance; he wants to love her again. Moving on, the speaker has had his heart broken by the girl but is insistent at having her love. For example, he wants her to, "Give back [her] kissing breath," and to, "trust in [him], [his] love and truth." The narrator's words demonstrate that he desperately wishes for the girl to love him once more. Lastly, although the narrator