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This 5 page paper uses three of Shakespeare’s sonnets to illustrate how the Poet / Narrator uses Shakespeare’s favorite themes (love, beauty, age) to construct his arguments. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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by Shakespeare. This paper discusses the way in which Shakespeare used his favorite themes (love, beauty and time) as "characters" to support the vision of the Poet. Discussion The first
thing that one must consider when analyzing any poem is that the author and the narrator are not necessarily the same person. Yes, Shakespeare wrote the Sonnets but that doesnt
automatically mean that its Shakespeare making the comments; it is instead a character hes created, the Poet/Narrator. And in support of that main character, Shakespeare pulls in other themes to
help him make his points. The main themes that Shakespeare returns to repeatedly are love, time and age, and beauty. Several of the sonnets deal with the fact that
beauty passes away; others urge people to marry to preserve their beauty through their children. Many talk about old age and give advice from that perspective. In order to make
this clearer, lets examine several sonnets in detail to see how Shakespeare uses themes to help his narrator construct his arguments. We begin with one of the most famous of
all, Sonnet 18, which starts "Shall I compare thee to a summers day?" The theme of the sonnet would seem to be love, but in actuality, its how to preserve
beauty, which is still another favorite of his. The Poet is actually saying that comparing his love to a summers day is a mistake, because she is "more lovely and
more temperate," meaning more beautiful and having an even temperature (18.2). The next lines all speak to the way in which beauty can be lost: high winds can destroy young
flowers; the sun can be too hot or sometimes the weather can cloud over; at any rate, "summers lease" (18.4) is too short-that is, beauty doesnt last for more than
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