Shakespeare Sonnet Analysis

Nowak Enriched Language humanistic discipline 11 Period 7 13 December 2011 magazine A Giver and Ravager Shakespeargon uses tranquility, somberness, and hopefulness as elements of the conception in Sonnet 60. He begins the sonnet as a metaphor, Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, compare time to a tide. Waves could represent peacefulness and one at ease because a tide is strike and continuous. Later on the tone becomes more dark and depressive, And time that gave doth now his gift confound. / Time doth mesmerize the flourish set on youth / And delves the parallels in beautys brow (9-10).Shakespeare expresses the fact that time gives the gift of life, only also takes it away with death while destroying natures perfection, Feeds on the rarities of natures right (11). In the couplet, hope is seen because he says And yet to times in hope my verse shall stand, / Praising thy worth, in spite of his inhumane hand. He anticipates that his words give not be destroyed by time and will continue to praise his beloved. The sonnet begins with tranquility, however then changes to somberness, yet Shakespeare still ends with words of hope.Shakespeare is telling the listening a lesson of time. Minutes are continuously coming, So do our minutes hasten to their end (2). He seems to be wrapped around the theme of time passing by and also trying to scrap time, Crooked elipses gainst his glory fight (7). Time can give yet also take, it is inevitable. It is the reason for birth, mortality, and change, but only words can withstand time. Imagery is a key peace to this insightful sonnet. The archetypal line is an illustration to show time as the ocean Like as waves make towards the pebbled shore. employ the sun to represent a humans life, Nativity, once in the main of light, / Crawls to maturity, wherewith being go pastd, / Crooked eclipses gainst his glory fight. Nativity is the birth, then one maturing into adulthood, and finally trying to fight or equ ipage death. He personifies time as it is passing in the couplets last words, despite his cruel hand (14). Time is the owner of the hand and the cruel hand is the elements of time. Mental images of Sonnet 60 are time passing, the cycle of life, and the personification of time.Shakespeares hope that his verse shall stand, (13) is now a fact. His message is being studied and analyzed in this assignment. This proves that even though his life has ended, his words of wisdom have defied time. Time does pass while giving and annexing life. It is ceaseless and unchanging. Everyone experiences time every day and because it is inescapable, Shakespeare expresses and characterizes time but its eternity is why it is relevant to today. Works Cited Shakespeare, William. Sonnet 60. Shakespeares Sonnets. Oxquarry Books Ltd. Web. 8 Dec. 2011. www. shakespeare-sonnets. com