megan

I Understand

__ Figurative Language __ __Rhyme scheme__: abab, cdcd, efef, gg  __Similes__: none. __Metaphors__: thee to a summers day- it compares the person to summer, and the whole poem is comparing love to summer. __Imagery__: summer day is being shown through imagery as the person and being beautiful & rough wind in darling buds of May- which shows the buds blowing. __Personification__: “eye of heaven” which means heaven is personified as being able to see & “death can brag”- which personifies death being human and being able to brag. **__Analysis__ __Questions__ __on__ __Page__ __234:__** 1. The basic comparison that is made in this poem is the comparison of summer to the girl. 2. I think the speaker feels like he is in love with the person, he calls her “more lovely and more temperate”. He feels she has a gold complexion, and says “natures changing course untrimmed” which means stripped of beauty. The speaker obviously has strong feelings for the person.
 * __ Part One: Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18” __**

**__Part Two: Millay’s “Sonnet 30”__** __ Figurative Language __ __Rhyme scheme:__ abab __Similes__: none. __Metaphors__: the whole poem, it compares love not being like meat, and drinks, etc. __Imagery__: “Fill the thickened lung with breath”- shows lungs being able to breath again. __Personification__: “Yet many a man is making friends with death”- personifying death and giving it the ability to talk and make friends. **__Analysis__ __Questions__ __on__ __Page__ __236:__** 1. The line that really stood out to me was “And rise and sink and rise and sink again”. It stood out to me because it shows how love can cause problems, and it explains the rough patches you go through to come out better in the end. 2. When the writer says “Love is not all” She means that you can not survive off of just love itself. You need more than love. It can not provide everything needed in life and the details explain this. 4. The author’s view of love is very confusing. She explains it to be painful but also worth it. 5. I think the Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 and Millay’s Sonnet 30 follow somewhat of the same structure. They have alike structures except Millay’s only follows an abab rhyme scheme unlike Shakespeare’s. 6. Yes I think that “Sonnet 18” and “Sonnet 30” convey attitudes about love that are still common today. The two poems focus on the both good and bad of love. “Sonnet 18” talks more about the greatness of love, and how it is worth it and it makes people happy and explains the beauty of love; and “Sonnet 30” focuses more on the bad side of love. It explains the heartbreak and the rough patches or fights people go through in love. Both of the poems views on love are still shown today. People still go through rough parts in love, and come out seeing the beauty of it.