james

1.  “Sonnet 18” -  Rhyme: The end of every other line possesses a rhyme (day-May, shines-declines, owest-growest) -  Rhyme Scheme: The poem has iambic pentameter (ten total beats in each line with an unstressed followed by a stressed) -  Figurative Language ·  Imagery: “summer’s day”, “darling buds of May”, “gold complexion” ·  Personification: wind (inanimate) and shake (human) -  (1) The basic comparison being made in this poem is a beautiful woman with a day in summer. This is stated in the first line: “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” -  (2) The speaker is likely infatuated with the person being addressed in this poem. This is supported because Shakespeare is describing the beauty of this person such as line 2 where he says “Thou art more lovely and more temperate [than a summer’s day]”. 2.  “Sonnet 30” -  Rhyme: The end of every other line possesses a rhyme (drink-sink, breath-death, hour-power) -  Rhyme Scheme: The poem has iambic pentameter (ten total beats in each line with an unstressed followed by a stressed) -  Figurative Language ·  Metaphor: Love is not… meat, drink, slumber, a roof against the rain, a floating spar ·  Imagery: Line 3-4 describing the actions of a floating spar with men (sight), Line 6 describing medical events (sight), Line 8 “pinned down by pain and moaning” (touch and sound) -  (1) I found lines 7-8 of this poem most memorable. This is because they describe how people are dying because of lack of love and I feel that we should all love one another. -  (2) These details that describe what love is not are things that aid survival. Food (meat), drink, sleep (slumber), and shelter (a roof against the rain) are all necessary to live. A floating spar, something that can clean your blood, and something that can set a broken bone all aid life. -  (4) The speaker appears to be very puzzled and confused over the importance and significance of love. She first describes it as something unnecessary to survive, but comments that many are dying without it. She ends by saying that it is very possible she will “sell love”, but also says, “I do not think I would”. -  (5) I think that Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18” and Millar’s “Sonnet 30” follow the same structure. This is because they both use iambic pentameter and have rhymes at the end of every other line. 3.  From a wise man I learned what love is not For he said to me: Love will never rot Love does not brag or think itself better Love does not write sins on any record Love will not rush you into anything Love does not feel easily anger’s sting Love does not pursue after evil’s ways Love will not present hurtful words or bays He said: Even when life is off the rails Above all remember: Love never fails