A Poetry Explication :: Shakespeare Sonnet Poem Essays

A Poetry ExplicationPoetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be intragroup and personal but which the reader recognizes as his own. (Salvatore Quasimodo). There is something ab reveal the human spirit that causes us to rejoice in shared experience. We can connect on a deep level with our fellow man when we believe that somehow someone else understands us as they relate their own joys and hardships and perhaps nowhere better is this kin 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 praise 87. This poem touched a air in my heart because I have actually given this sonnet to someone before as it then communicated my grand pianoghts and feelings far better than I could. For this reason, Sonnet 87 was an easy choice for this project, although not quite so easy an undertaking as I endeavored to match Shakespeares structure and bring out his themes t hrough similar 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 poem follows a meter very close to Sonnet 87. This is also ascribable 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 care 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 offset 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 last 4 lines of Sonnet 87s third quatrain. In this way, I was able to mimic most of Shakespeares structure while inserting phrases of my own.Throughout the poem I attempted to dwell true to Shakespeares sonnet by way of word choice, while adding my own twist. My poem alternates between the more archaic (but arguably more beautiful) thou and the more modern you. This is done to tie my poem, written in the present, to Shakespeares work of the past.