Sonnet 73 Flashcards
1
Q
Themes
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Love
Death
Time
2
Q
Shakespeare
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Regarded greatest eng Lang writer
154 sonnets- last of his non-dramatic work
Sonnets 1-126 addressed to unarmed man
3
Q
Techniques
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Offset rhyming couplet- Carpe Diem! - acceptance of death
Extended metaphor- compares life cycle to day and seasons
ABAB + iambic pentameter- standard English structure
Metaphor of ‘sleep’- reoccurring Shakespeare theme, noir fall and nostalgic
Polysyndetic set of adj- implies still spark of life
