A Poetry Explication :: Shakespeare Sonnet Poem Essays

A Poetry ExplicationPoetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be inside(prenominal) and personal but which the reader recognizes as his own. (Salvatore Quasimodo). There is something about the human sprightliness that causes us to rejoice in shared experience. We can connect on a deep level with our fellow man when we believe that someways some unity else understands us as they relate their own joys and hardships and perhaps nowhere better is this relationship expressed than in that of the poet and his reader. For the current assignment I had the privilege (and challenge) of writing an imitation of William Shakespeares Sonnet 87. This meter touched a place in my heart because I rich person actually given this sonnet to someone before as it indeed communicated my thoughts and feelings far better than I could. For this reason, Sonnet 87 was an easy survival for this project, although not quite so easy an undertaking as I endeavored to match Shakespeares stru cture and bring out his themes through like word choice.As far as structure goes, Shakespeares sonnet and my own are very similar. My 14-line sonnet is written in iambic Pentameter and follows the abab-cdcd-efef-gg rhyme scheme within three quatrains and a couplet, as does that of Shakespeare. For this reason, my verse form follows a meter very close to Sonnet 87. This is also collectable to the fact that both sonnets contain 10 syllables per line, as well as an eleventh in most lines that derives from weak, or feminine verb endings such as keeping in the first line of my poem, and possessing in that of Shakespeare. Thus, the finality residing in the 10 syllable lines that use masculine endings is accounted for. In addition, my sonnet mirrors Sonnet 87 by starting with farewell and ending with Shakespeares couplet modified, and one can see his influence in the third quatrain of my poem, which echoes back the inhabit 4 lines of Sonnet 87s third quatrain. In this way, I was able t o mimic most of Shakespeares structure while inserting phrases of my own.throughout the poem I attempted to remain true to Shakespeares sonnet by way of word choice, while adding my own twist. My poem alternates in the midst of the more archaic (but arguably more beautiful) thou and the more ripe you. This is done to tie my poem, written in the present, to Shakespeares work of the past.