michael

__ Sonnet 18 __ Rhyme scheme- abab Figurative language: Similes- none Metaphors- thee to a summer’s day Personification- Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade, Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often in his complexion dimmed, Pg. 234 __ Sonnet 30 __ Rhyme scheme- abab Figurative language: Similes- none Metaphor- Love is not meat nor drink, Nor slumber nor a roof against rain, Nor yet a floating spar to men that sink Personification- Yet many a man is making friends with death, Or nagged by want past resolution’s power, I might be driven to sell your love for peace, Or trade the memory of this night for food Pinned down by pain Pg. 236 __ Writing Options Exercise 2 __ Love is not a doctor or a nurse, Neither a new shirt nor a purse. It can not make you well, Or make your leg not swell. If you are in pain and hurt, Or the blood starts to splurt, It can not save you then, But in the end, I would not give it away, Because I might need it some day.
 * ** Imagery ** || ** “Sonnet 18” ** ||
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 * ** Sight ** || Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, and often in his golden complexion dimmed, by thy eternal summer shall not fade, nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade ||
 * ** Touch ** || Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines ||
 * 1) The basic comparison that is made in this poem is a woman to a summer’s day.
 * 2) The words that I would use to describe how the speaker feels about the poem being addressed would be very emotional and passionate because they are describing how lovely someone is and they are also saying how they do not want the good times they are having with this person to end, which is seen when they say,” But thy eternal summer shall not fade.”
 * ** Imagery ** || ** “Sonnet 30” ** ||
 * ** Sound ** || And moaning for release ||
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 * ** Sight ** || A roof against the rain, love can not fill the thickened lung with breath, nor clean the blood, nor se the fractured bone ||
 * ** Touch ** || Pinned down by pain ||
 * 1) The lines of Millay’s “Sonnet 30” that I found most memorable were,”Pinned down by pain and moaning for release” and “Or nagged by want past resolution’s power.” My response to these lines is that they are very strong and use personification well.
 * 2) In my opinion, what these details have in common is that they are all negative details that they are saying love can not fix.
 * 1) What seems to be the speaker’s overall opinion of love is that it can’t be used for solving many problems, yet they still would not give it up.
 * 1) I do think that Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18” and Millay’s “Sonnet 30” follow the same structure because they both have an abab rhyme scheme, use several metaphors, personification, and imagery.
 * 1) I do think that these poems convey attitudes about love that are still common today because people today still use comparisons to describe their love, like someone comparing love to a fire.