Sonnet 29 Flashcards
1
Q
“Wild vines about a tree”
A
(Metaphor)
Natural imagery that her partner is a tree and her thoughts are like vines. Vines grow with support of something and they grow uncontrollably suggesting she needs her partner and her thoughts are hard to get rid of, and take over her
2
Q
“My palm tree”
A
(Possessive pronoun)
Possessive pronoun presents their dependency on each other, furthermore palm trees act as protection from the sun. He is protecting of her
3
Q
“Set thy trunk all bare”
A
(Erotic imagery)
Shows closeness, she is physically near to him, implying the inevitability of their love for each other
4
Q
“I do not think of thee”
A
Contrasts to the opening “I think of thee”
She no longer needs to think of her partner as she’s physically with him
