sonnet 116 Flashcards

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s116

“____ is not ____” “remover to ____”

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love is not love remover to remove
paradoxical quality of statements
polypoton uses a series of paried words to emphasise that love and not love is hard to distinguish

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“lookes on ____ and is never ____”

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lookes on tempests and is never shaken
metaphorica;, love looks at the storms of life, toubles of life
violent imagery love defies all odds

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“the ____ to every ____ barke”

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the star to every wandering barke
metaphorical source of light
guidance, saviour
love is their to guide you
north star?

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“loves not times ____ …. ____ sickles”

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loves not times foole …. bending sickles
personification of love and time
true love withstands time
not a play thing
allusion to the gim reaper
kronos god of time

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“____……weekes” “edge of ____”

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houres… weekes edge of doome
semantic field of time
love stays the same at the end of time,
life isnt forever but love is
echoes marriage vows

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what form does the poem take?

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shakesperean sonnet

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what movement does the poem fall under?

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renaisance poerty
briefly courtly love

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