Sonnet 19 by William Shakespeare Apostrophe: speaker is not being realistic, and sets up

one on one conversation between Time and the speaker.

U / U / U / U / U / Suggests that speaker considers Time be a peer, and
Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws, (a) disregards the power Time has
Personification: the speaker personifies earth so
U / U / U / U / U / we can better feel sympathy for her.
And make the earth devour her own sweet brood; (b) Consonance: the letter r makes a
rumbling sound, which suggests
/ U / / U / U / U / power, like a lions roar
Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws, (a) Trochee meter: Stressed syllable first
then unstressed syllable. He changes
U / U / U / U / U / the meter here in order create
abruptness and fierceness.
And burn the long-liv'd Phoenix in her blood; (b)
Consonance: the harsh sounds of the repeated
/ U U / / U / U / U consonants correlate to the harshness of Times
Make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleets, (c) power, since time will disintegrate everything

U / / U / U / U / U Allusion: alludes to the Phoenix, a

And do whate'er thou wilt, swift-footed Time, (d)
/ U / / U / U / U /
To the wide world and all her fading sweets; (c)
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But I forbid thee one more heinous crime: (d)
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O, carve not with the hours my love's fair brow, (e)
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Nor draw no lines there with thine antique pen! (f)
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Him in thy course untainted do allow (e)
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For beauty's pattern to succeeding men. (f)
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Yet do thy worst, old Time: despite thy wrong, (g)
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My love shall in my verse ever live young. (g)
mythical bird originating from Greek
mythology.
Consonance: the repeated s
sound resembles time passing
Imagery: the strong and clear
images like tigers teeth and the
Phoenix emphasize how Time has
the power to disintegrate powerful
beings
Alliteration; the way the phrase wide
worldsmoothly flows of the tongue
furthers the impression of the world
being endless, since there is nothing
stopping the borders of the world nor the
tongue
Metaphor: the markings of a pen are used as a
metaphor for wrinkles. The choice of a pen is
symbolic since the sonnet can be written in pen,
and the poet is begging time not to make any marks
with a pen, using a pen himself
Iambic meter: Unstressed syllable
first then stressed syllable, most
common meter throughout
Consonance: the repetition of v leaves the speakers
last words ringing on the readers mind since the v
vibrates with energy when it is pronounced

Bracket = Quatrain Quatrain I and lines 5 - 7: Line 8 and Quatrain III: Couplet: Solution
Brace = Couplet Problem Development