A Comparison Between Shakespeares Sonnet 73 And — страница 2
The second sonnet, Sonnet 12, unlike Sonnet 73 contains an octave, 8 lines for observation, followed by a sestet, 6 lines for reflection. The iambic pentametres in this sonnet are like the ticking of a clock to show time passing. The first line presents the passing of time and how the writer sits and waits for it to pass. “When I do count the clock that tells the time”. In the second line, the word “brave” describes the day as being glorious, and the word “hideous”, the night as being dark and spooky. “And see the brave day sunk in hideous night”. “sunk” represents the sundown, and light has been replaced with dark. “When I behold the violet past prime, And sable curls all silver´d o´er with white”. The “violet”, is the withering flowers, and “sable” (black) curls which turn grey, then white. These things present decaying, of both humans and of nature. “When lofty trees I see barren with leaves” gives us some idea as to what season the poem is describing, as the line describes tall, majestic trees which are losing their leaves. Also, line 6 helps us to understand that the poem is set in the autumn, as it explains how herds of animals, which used to take cover under the shade of the trees to protect themselves from the heat of the sun, can no longer do that. It is implying that that is because the leaves have fallen from the trees, and all that remains are bare branches. “Which erst from heat did canopy the herd, And summer´s green all girded up in sheaves, Borne on the bier with white and bristly beard”. Lines 7 and 8 explain how the sheaves of corn which grew during the summer have been tied and bundled up, and carried away on a bier (cart), which can also be interpreted as being a coffin. The corn is compared to death, as some of the sheaves look old and a kind of whitish, and when you are old and die you may have a white beard and are therefore carried away on a bier. Lines 9 and 10, “Then of thy beauty do I question make, That thou among the wastes of time must go” are the writer saying to his love how time will destroy her beauty. Line 12 describes how when one generation dies another one is born, “And die as fast as they see others grow”. The “scythe” in line 13, is a tool, and used by the grim reaper, and can be seen how time cuts down everything. “And nothing ‘gainst Time´s scythe can make defence, Save breed, to brave him when he takes thee hence”. The final line is the writer saying to his wife that because death cannot be prevented, the best thing to do is make offspring, so that once they are dead, at least they have left their children. Sonnet 73 describes how he is loved, although he is old but says how their love will not survive death, and Sonnet 12 is a message for his love- that they must make babies to attempt the prevention of death. The themes of time and love are extremely common in poems today and they will never grow old. Shakespeare uses interesting methods to bring across the theme of the passing of time, such as using enjambement and caesuras. Unlike in the Sonnet 73, I believe that if love is strong enough, it will survive death.
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