Sonnet 116-Shakespeare Flashcards
1
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What are the key structural methods in Sonnet 116?
A
- Shakesperean Sonnet Form ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
-logical and measured debate unlike a typical melodramatic sonnet - No real volta to reflect Shakespeare’s message that true love is everlasting
- Trochaic substitution “Let me not to the marriage of true mindes”
-stressed syllables are a direct address to seize attention of the audience
2
Q
What are the key language methods used in Sonnet 116?
A
- Personification of Time
- Celestial/ natural imagery
- Polyptoton
- Metaphor for permanence
3
Q
Which quotes support the method of: personification of Time?
A
“Lov’s not Times foole, though rosie lips and cheeks within his bending sickles compasse come”
4
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Which quotes support the method of: celestial/ natural imagery?
A
“It is the star to every wandering barke”
“looks on tempests and is never shaken”
5
Q
Which quote support the method of: polyptoton?
A
‘bends with the remover to remove’
6
Q
Which quote support the method of: metaphor for permanence?
A
“It is an ever fixed marke”
7
Q
What literary time period is Sonnet 116 from?
A
Renaissance
8
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What is the key contextual information for Sonnet 116?
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- Part of Elizabethan Renaissance
- Marriage was seen as a financial agreement, not for love
- Very superstitious-places high importance on the idea of fate
- Time period that prized beauty in terms of love
9
Q
What key themes are present in Sonnet 116?
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- Love and time
- Barriers to love
- True love vs untrue love
- Idealistic love
- Love and death
