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Namin Eng 23
2012-35381 February 01, 2017
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Themes of sonnets varies widely. It may include love, marriage, jealousy and other
issues. How these sonnets were structured and written forces us to think as we try to
understand the meaning behind these sonnets. The use of the Old English language makes it
even harder to understand. It is so different from the Modern English. It is more deep, it's
harder to comprehend. It also uses analogies, or figures of speech that you really need to
focus on and at some point it may emphasize ideas or certain circumstances and issues that
Sonnets can be traced back from Italy by Francesco Petrarch in 13th century. It is
derived from the word, sonetto from Old Occitan and from a Latin word sonus which means
sound. It is a fixed verse with 14 lines that follows the iambic rhyming or the poem pattern.
Shakespearean sonnets are based from the Italian sonnets. Considering the usage of the
iambic pentameter was often applied and the rhyming pattern of abab cdcd efef and gg.
To those who arent used to reading Old English texts, more effort is needed in
"A Brief History of the Sonnet." Coldfront. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Jan. 2017.
http://coldfrontmag.com/a-brief-history-of-the-sonnet/
Mabilliard, Amanda. "What Makes a Sonnet: Rules of Sonnet Writing." What Makes a
Sonnet: Rules of Sonnet Writing. N.p., 1999-2014. Web. 31 Jan. 2017.
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/
Jessette G. Namin Eng 23
Valuing Alteration
Other than reading the sonnets autobiographically, At first I thought it could be just a
work of the author as a poem but eventually I realized that is more autobiographical than just
the works of the authors imagination. By reading it autobiographically, one can gain
curiosity towards the authors life and how the sequence of the sonnets were written, how it
unfolds.
points, it's hard to fully understand which point is more correct. It gives you a hard time when
both points can be correct. But I think I am more leaning towards that is autobiographical,
because I feel like Shakespeare is showing his feelings in his sonnets. It is about his life,
Mabilliard, Amanda. "What Makes a Sonnet: Rules of Sonnet Writing." What Makes a
Sonnet: Rules of Sonnet Writing. N.p., 1999-2014. Web. 1 Feb. 2017.
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/sonnetsautobio.html