Sonnet 2:
The love that is presented in Sonnet 2 is young love. Young love is portrayed by suggesting that ‘When forty winters shall besiege thy brow’. This would suggest to me that we’ve got all the time in the world to enjoy each others company and be free. He uses this metaphor to show that no matter how many years will go by you beauty will remain the same.
Sonnet 18:
Also in Sonnet 18 the love shown is relatively young. It is shown by suggesting ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day. Thou art more lovely and more temperate’. This suggests to me that there is no need to compare you to a wonderful day because you are more beautiful than a wonderful day. He uses similes to show that it is impossible to compare you because you are much better.
Sonnet 73:
However, in Sonnet 73 the the type of relationship is old but not very old love. ‘When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang’. This quote suggests to me that when autumn comes you become old but there is always spring and summer to come and you will be looking nice and beautiful. He uses this metaphor to show that you are getting old in the autumn and winter but when it comes spring and summer you will be beautiful again.
December 10, 2014 at 8:03 pm
Albion, your analytical paragraphs are developing nicely. You are now selecting quotations fluently and beginning to analyse their effect on the reader’s understanding. Great stuff.
Next steps:
1) Develop the detail of your analysis by discussing the effects of certain word choices. For example, what are the connotations of words such as ‘yellow’ and what does it suggest about the stage of love the couple are currently going through?
2) Could you name particular language features within the quotations you are selecting?
3) Could you provide some context to the quotations you are analysing? What else is the poet discussing around the quotation you have selecting?
Really nice work, Albion.