![]() ![]() Enjambment forces a reader down to the next line, and the next, quickly. ![]() It occurs when a line is cut off before its natural stopping point. There is a good example in the first quatrain when the speaker begins a comparison between himself and a miser.Īnother important technique commonly used in poetry is enjambment. A poet uses this kind of figurative language to say that one thing is similar to another, not like metaphor, that it “is” another. For example, “sweet seasoned show’rs” in line two.Ī simile is a comparison between two unlike things that uses the words “like” or “as”. It is often used to mimic another sound, like water, wind, or any kind of fluid movement. This kind of repetition usually results in a prolonged hissing or rushing sound. Sibilance is similar to alliteration but it is concerned with soft vowel sounds such as “s” and “th”. For example, “Possessing or pursuing” in line ten. The first of these, alliteration, occurs when words are used in succession, or at least appear close together, and begin with the same sound. These include but are not limited to alliteration, sibilance, simile, and enjambment. Shakespeare makes use of several poetic techniques in ‘Sonnet 75’. They’re sometimes used to answer a question posed in the previous twelve lines, shift the perspective, or even change speakers. They often, but not always, bring with them a turn or “ volta” (in Italian) in the poem. The last two lines (known as a couplet) are a rhyming pair. The first is unstressed and the second is stressed. Iambic pentameter means that each line contains five sets of two beats, known as metrical feet. The poem follows a consistent rhyme scheme that conforms to the pattern of ABAB CDCD EFEF GG and it is written in iambic pentameter. This form requires that the sonnet be made up of three quatrains, or sets of four lines, and one concluding couplet or set of two rhyming lines. It is a good example of the English or Shakespearean sonnet (sometimes also known as the Elizabethan). ‘Sonnet 75’ by William Shakespeare is a single stanza poem that is made up of fourteen lines. Shakespeare concludes the poem by adding that this is made all the worse by the fact that the love they share is his only source of happiness. At one moment he’s confident and happy in his wealth and at another, he’s desperate for more, unwilling to let a penny out of his sight. The speaker is greedy for the youth, like a miser. Throughout this poem, the speaker describes for the youth how he sees their relationship. ‘Sonnet 75’ by William Shakespeare is a sonnet that depicts the speaker’s uncontrollable obsession with the Fair Youth. Save what is had, or must from you be took. ![]() SHAKESPEER SONNET 75 FULLSometime all full with feasting on your sight, Then better'd that the world may see my pleasure: Or as sweet-season'd showers are to the ground Īnd for the peace of you I hold such strifeĪs 'twixt a miser and his wealth is found.ĭoubting the filching age will steal his treasure So are you to my thoughts as food to life, There has been a great deal of speculation about who this young man could possibly be, but no single identity has ever been decided upon. These poems are devoted to a young, beautiful man whose identity remains unknown to this day. This particular sonnet and those which are numbered 1-126 belong to Shakespeare’s famous Fair Youth sequence. ‘ Sonnet 75,’ also known as ‘So are you to my thoughts as food to life,’ is number seventy-four of one hundred fifty-four sonnets that the Bard wrote over his lifetime. ![]()
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