Sonnet 29

Question 1

Structure

Answer 1

Similarly written in an enclosed rhyme of one stanza, split into two quatrains, two tercets and a volta (which is the turn of argument or thought).
The transition from the problem to the solution reflects how the speaker thinks of their lover.

Question 2

Syllabic pattern?

Answer 2

Roughly 10 syllables in each line

Question 3

Why is did the poet use ‘iambic pentameter’ in the poem

Answer 3

Used to express the flow of natural speech as it reflects the natural imagery of the poem

Question 4

Why was the poem written in both octets and sestets

Answer 4

Since the poem is a passionate lamentation of the speaker to her husband, the octets are used to represent the problem and the sestets resolves it

Question 5

“My thoughts..

Answer 5

do twine and bud about thee.”

Question 6

“I will not..

Answer 6

have my thoughts instead of thee.”

Question 7

“Rustle thy..

Answer 7

boughs and set thy trunk bare.”