Sonnet 19 Annotations 3i1z35

Sonnet 19 by William Shakespeare

Apostrophe: speaker is not being realistic, and set’s up one on one conversation between Time and the speaker. Suggests that speaker considers Time be a peer, and U / U / U / U / U / disregards the power Time has Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws, (a) Personification: the speaker personifies earth so U / U / U / U / U / we can better feel sympathy for her. And make the earth devour her own sweet brood; (b) Consonance: the letter “r” makes a rumbling sound, which suggests power, like a lion’s roar / U / / U / U / U / Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws, (a) Trochee meter: Stressed syllable first then unstressed syllable. He changes the meter here in order create U / U / U / U / U / abruptness and fierceness.

And burn the long-liv'd Phoenix in her blood; (b)

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Make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleets, (c)

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And do whate'er thou wilt, swift-footed Time, (d)

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To the wide world and all her fading sweets; (c)

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But I forbid thee one more heinous crime: (d)

U / U / U / U / U / O, carve not with the hours my love's fair brow, (e)

U / U / U / U / U / Nor draw no lines there with thine antique pen! (f)

U / U / U / U / U / Him in thy course untainted do allow (e)

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For beauty's pattern to succeeding men. (f)

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Yet do thy worst, old Time: despite thy wrong, (g)

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My love shall in my verse ever live young. (g) Bracket = Quatrain Brace = Couplet

Consonance: the harsh sounds of the repeated consonants correlate to the harshness of Time’s power, since time will disintegrate everything Allusion: alludes to the Phoenix, a mythical bird originating from Greek mythology. Consonance: the repeated “s” sound resembles time ing Imagery: the strong and clear images like tiger’s teeth and the Phoenix emphasize how Time has the power to disintegrate powerful beings Alliteration; the way the phrase “wide world”smoothly flows of the tongue furthers the impression of the world being endless, since there is nothing stopping the borders of the world nor the tongue Metaphor: the markings of a pen are used as a metaphor for wrinkles. The choice of a pen is symbolic since the sonnet can be written in pen, and the poet is begging time not to make any marks with a pen, using a pen himself Iambic meter: Unstressed syllable first then stressed syllable, most common meter throughout Consonance: the repetition of “v” leaves the speaker’s last words ringing on the reader’s mind since the “v” vibrates with energy when it is pronounced

Quatrain I and lines 5 - 7: Line 8 and Quatrain III: Problem Development

Couplet: Solution