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A 3 page examination and comparison/contrast of William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 27 and Sonnet 130. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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in many ways. The following paper discusses each sonnet separately and then compares and contrasts the two sonnets. Sonnet 27 Shakespeares Sonnet 27 is a love poem that
depicts a tired man lying in the dark envisioning his lover. His "drooping eyelids open wide" (Shakespeare [1] 7). He seems to have spent the day in "toil" and is
completely exhausted but yet the nighttime is for his lover, although it seems his "imaginary sight" is where she exists in this poem (Shakespeare [1] 1, 9). In these respects
we can envision the poem as one wherein the narrator is happy to envision his lover after a very hard day which has exhausted him. But, at the same time
the final line seems to indicate that he is never able to rest: "For thee and for myself no quiet find" (Shakespeare [1] 14). Although she is beautiful and fills
the dark void of the night with her presence and soul, he is exhausted and the poem ends with little indication that she eases his weariness. But, at the same
time it is effective as a love sonnet for he seems happy, regardless of his exhaustion, and the reader can assume he more than happy to give up his nighttime
to her and gain little quiet. Sonnet 130 This particular sonnet is actually something of a satirical sonnet addressing how many love poems equate their lover with unrealistic
elements. In this poem the narrator says that his lovers qualities are not really incredibly beautiful or mesmerizing. It is a satire on poets, such as Petrarch, who would praise
his lovers "beauty, her worth, and her perfection using an extraordinary variety of metaphors based largely on natural beauties" (Responses to Sonnet 130). This critic also notes that in
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