Shakespeare Sonnet 92 Figurative Language
But do your best to steal yourself away, for term of life your art assured me. The previous sentence was taken from Shakespeare’s sonnet #92 which was modernized to today’s use of language. Sonnet #92, by Shakespeare describes his feelings towards the person he holds deeply, happy that he was able to have loved them that he was willing to accept death. That there was nothing that would make him stop loving them no matter what. In Shakespeare’s sonnet #92 he speaks about how happy he is to have love for that person he wouldn’t have any regrets, nothing anyone could say would be able to change his love or anything they say would change the way he thinks of that person. Williams Shakespeare sonnet #92, he writes about his feelings more than the setting that it took place at. In the following poem, the surface meaning would be that he feels lucky to have experienced the love to have loved the one he holds dear to his heart. At first glance you would believe that was the only meaning but as you analyze the poem further you discover a more heart throbbing meaning. The deeper meaning,
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There really is not a direct speaker in the poem except for the author that wrote it, and in this case Shakespeare would be the speaker. The tone Shakespeare uses in the poem closely resembles honesty, confidence, and happiness. Honesty, because the way the poem was written with such honest feelings that he had for the one he loved for proof all you have to do is read it once. Confidences because he is not afraid to love this person/thing, and he is not easily swayed by what others think, even if what he loves is not real, “Thou mayst be false, and yet I know it not”. Last but not least, happiness. Happiness because he proudly says it in line 12 in quadrant 3, “Happy to have thy love, happy to die!” This claim from the poem supports my use of the description of the word, happiness, for Shakespeare openly says
There really is not a direct speaker in the poem except for the author that wrote it, and in this case Shakespeare would be the speaker. The tone Shakespeare uses in the poem closely resembles honesty, confidence, and happiness. Honesty, because the way the poem was written with such honest feelings that he had for the one he loved for proof all you have to do is read it once. Confidences because he is not afraid to love this person/thing, and he is not easily swayed by what others think, even if what he loves is not real, “Thou mayst be false, and yet I know it not”. Last but not least, happiness. Happiness because he proudly says it in line 12 in quadrant 3, “Happy to have thy love, happy to die!” This claim from the poem supports my use of the description of the word, happiness, for Shakespeare openly says