SONNET 130, Exams of English

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SONNET 130

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1. Name two things to which the speaker compares is mistress. The mistress is compared to the sun, coral, snow, wires, golden thread, roses, perfumes, music, or a goddess.
2. Outline two features of a Shakespearean sonnet that you can identify. A Shakespearean sonnet consists of 14 lines, rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg , 3 quatrains and a rhyming couplet, 10 syllables per line, rhythm pattern of iambic pentameter (unstressed followed by stressed syllable), elevated language about love.
3. How does the metaphor of music in stanza 3 impact on your understanding of the poem? Whereas most sonnets use elevated language about love and to idealise womam, Shakespeare writes that although music is easier to listen to , he does sincerely “love” to hear his mistress speak
4. Explain what the speaker means when saying his mistress “treads on the ground”? The object of affection for the speaker is not elevated goddess or angel who floats or glides above the ground; she is a more grounded and physical person who walks with him on earth and has her feet on the gorund. Can also imply that she is heavy and stomps in an unlady like manner.
5. Discuss whether you think the speaker’s love is sincere. The love expressed in this sonnet is very sincere and not false. Although the speaker seems to unflattering and critical, he maintains that his love is “rare” as he is able to interact with and share his life with his mistress.