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1.delayed:

Tempered.

2.augmentedmanifold:

Increasedbymanytimesandinmanyways.

3.congealed:

Thickened.

4.kind:

Nature.

Questions:

1．Whoisthespeaker?

2．Explainthecontrastsinthepoemandexplaintheireffects?

（fireandice;

actionandinaction;

naturalandhumanlaws）

3．Explaintheironiesinthepoem.

4．Explainthepatternofimageryanditseffect.（passivityandinaction）

5．Whatcanbeinferredabouthislove?

6．Isitacelebration,recognitionorresignationofthepoweroflove?

7．Howdoyouexplainthethemeofthepoem?

Thesonnetisabouttheanxietysufferedbythespeakerinfaceofhisunrequitedlove.Inthis“fireandice”sonnet,thespeakerdramatizestheconflictofhisburningdesiretobewithaladywhoshowscoldindifferencetohim.Thespeakerinthefirstquatrainusesthemetaphoricalcomparisonsofthedramaticallyopposites,fireandice,whichareessentiallyincompatible,andwhichrepresenttwooppositeextremesofnaturalconditions.Thesetwostates,insteadofbeingcontradictorytooneanother,asfiremeltsiceandiceextinguishesfire,areactuallycomplementarytooneanother.Thespeakerwonderswhynaturallawsdonotworkinhisrelationshipwithhisbeloved,wherehisfireofdesiredoesnotseemtohavetheexpectedanddesiredeffectonhislady’siceofindifference.Inthesecondquatrain,theideaisfurthereddeveloped,wherehisromanticendeavorsonlyseemtobringaboutmoreindifferenceinhisbeloved.Thespeaker’samazementatthestateofhisloveisaugmentedbytherepeatedquestionsheasksinthefirsttwoquatrainsandbythecontrastbetweennaturallawsandhumanlaws.Thespeakeralsousesverbalironiesinsuchexpressionsas“miraculousthing”and“wonderfuldevice,”whicharecoloredbyasenseofbitternessandexpresshisdismayandevendisbeliefatthecourseofdevelopmentofhisloveratherthanhisexcitementoverthepoweroflove.Intheendingcouplet,thespeakerdoesnotcometoacelebrationoflove’spower,butrather,toarecognitionorperhapsevenaresignation,inwhichthespeakerrealizesthatthelove’spowerissogreatthatitchangesthecourseofnature,andthatheishelplesslycaptivatedbyhisbeloved,andthatheiscompletelyathermercy.

AmorettiSonnet75

OnedayIwrotehernameuponthestrand,

Butcamethewavesandwasheditaway;

AgainIwroteitwithasecondhand,

Butcamethetideandmademypainshisprey.

“Vainman,”saidshe“thoudostinvainassay

Amortalthingsotoimmortalize,

ForImyselfshallliketothisdecay,

Andekemynamebewipedoutlikewise.”

“Notso,”quothI“letbaserthingsdevise

Todieindust,butyoushalllivebyfame:

Myverseyourvirtuesrareshalleternize,

Andintheheavenswriteyourgloriousname;

Where,whenasdeathshallalltheworldsubdue,

Ourloveshalllive,andlaterliferenew.”

1.strand:

beach.

2.assay:

try.

3.eek:

also.

4.quod:

said.

5.devise:

plan.

1.Whatisthesettingofthepoem?

2.Identifyimageryandsymbolsinthepoem?

3.Howdoesthespeakerfeelabouthispoetry?

4.Whodoesthewritingandthereforeisthegiveroflife?

5.Whatisthethemeofthepoem?

Thesonnetisaboutthespeaker’screativepoeticpowertoeternalizethebeautyofhisbeloved.Inthissonnetspeakertriestoimmortalizehisbelovedinhisverse,athemerecurrentinRenaissanceliterature.Thesonnet’spersonaltouchisenhancedbyanintimatedialogueandrealisticsetting.Thespeakerbeginswithaveryordinary,andyetcharmingincidentthatmayoccuranydaybytheseaside.Thesonnetishandledinsuchawayastomakeitintimatelypersonal.Itcreatesapictureoftenderyounglovethroughtheconversationbetweenhisladyandhimself,absorbedineachother,againstthebackgroundoftheeternalsea,whichforeverthreatenstowipeouttheirexistence.Thespeakerfirsttriestopreservethisexperienceforeverandhisbelovedinsand,butthewaveswipeouthernamejustascrueltimedestroyseveryman-madething.Neverthelesshefeelsconfidentthatheisabletoimmortalizehislovebyadifferentkindofwriting,hispoetry,nomatterhowshortlifeonearthmaybe.Atthesametimethewritingofthelady’sname,whichisthecentralimageofthepoem,istransferredfromearthtoheaven.Inthissonnet,love,immortality,artandreligiousbeliefarecloselyinterwovenasawhole.

Shakespeareansonnets

MostofShakespeareansonnetsarededicatedtoMr.W.H

PossiblyHenryWriothesley（theEarlofSouthampton）.

18

ShallIcomparetheetoasummer'

sday?

Thouartmorelovelyandmoretemperate:

RoughwindsdoshakethedarlingbudsofMay,

Andsummer'

sleasehathalltooshortadate:

Sometimetoohottheeyeofheavenshines,

Andoftenishisgoldcomplexiondimmed,

Andeveryfairfromfairsometimedeclines,

Bychance,ornature'

schangingcourseuntrimmed:

Butthyeternalsummershallnotfade,

Norlosepossessionofthatfairthouow'

st,

Norshalldeathbragthouwander'

stinhisshade,

Whenineternallinestotimethougrow'

Solongasmencanbreathe,oreyescansee,

Solonglivesthis,andthisgiveslifetothee.

1.Whatisthefunctionofthefirstquatrain?

Thesecondquatrain?

Thethirdquatrain?

2.Whatisthedominantconceitofthissonnet?

Doesitproceedstraightforwardlyorisitquestioned?

3.Whatdoyoumakeofthepoet'

suseofnatureasabaseofcomparisoninlightofthepoet'

sclaimofthepoem"

thisgiveslifetothee"

?

4.Whatisthespeaker’spurposeforwritingthissonnet?

5.Whataremaincausesofdeathanddegeneration?

6.Commentontheword“lease”.

7.Howisdeathovercome?

8.CommentonShakespeare’sconfidenceinhisworks.

9.Whatrelationshipbetweenartandlifeisexpressedintheendingcouplet?

Sonnet66

Tiredwithallthese,forrestfuldeathIcry,

Astobeholddesertabeggarborn,

Andneedynothingtrimm’dinjollity,

Andpurestfaithunhappilyforsworn,

Andgildedhonourshamefullymisplac’d,

Andmaidenvirtuerudelystrumpeted,

Andrightperfectionwrongfullydisgrac’d,

Andstrengthbylimpingswaydisabled

Andartmadetongue-tiedbyauthority,

Andfolly,doctor-like,controllingskill,

Andsimpletruthmiscall’dsimplicity,

Andcaptivegoodattendingcaptainill:

Tir’dwithallthese,fromthesewouldIbegone,

Savethat,todie,Ileavemylovealone.

1.Whoisthespeaker?

Towhomisheaddressing?

2.Whatisthetoneofthepoem?

（sad,orangry?

）

3.Whatisthemainfigureofspeech?

Whatistheeffectoftheparadox?

4.Whateffectdoestherepetitionofline2toline12have?

5.

1.desert:

adeservingperson,aworthwhileperson.

2.needynothingtrimm’dinjollity:

onelackingingoodqualitieswhohasmanagedtogethimselfdressedupinfrivolousandexpensiveclothesandornaments.

3.Savethat:

exceptthat

Thesonnetconsistsoftwosentenceswiththefirstrunningallthewaythroughthethreequatrainsandendingwiththeotherinthecouplet.Thesheerimbalanceoftheformalstructureofitsuggeststhemonstrosityofthestateofaffairasthespeakerfindsit,whichhelamentsbylistingitsevilsandinjustices.Thestateofaffairsmakestherestfuldeathattractiveandtheonlythingthatdelayshimishislove.ItechoesHamletinhisfamous‘Tobeornottobe’soliloquy’inHamletAct.III.Scene1:

“Forwhowouldbearthewhipsandscornsoftime,/Theoppressor'

swrong,theproudman'

scontumely,/Thepangsofdespisedlove,thelaw'

sdelay,/Theinsolenceofofficeandthespurns/Thatpatientmeritoftheunworthytakes”.ThesamethematicstructureisalsoparalleledbyP.B.Shelley’s“Sonnet:

Englandin1819,”whichrunsasfollows:

Englandin1819byShelley

Anold,mad,blind,despised,anddyingking,

Princes,thedregsoftheirdullrace,whoflow

Throughpublicscorn,mudfromamuddyspring,

Rulerswhoneithersee,norfeel,norknow,

Butleech-liketotheirfaintingcountrycling,

Tilltheydrop,blindinblood,withoutablow,

Apeoplestarvedandstabbedintheuntilledfield,

Anarmy,whichliberticideandprey

Makesasatwo-edgedswordtoallwhowield

Goldenandsanguinelawswhichtemptandslay;

ReligionChristless,Godlessabooksealed;

ASenate,Time’sworststatuteunrepealed,

Aregraves,fromwhichagloriousPhantommay

Burst,toillumineourtempestuousday.

Questionsfordiscussions:

1.Whatdothetwopoemshaveincommon?

2.Whatdotheydiffer?

（intone,intheme,andpurpose?

Sonnet116byShakespeare

Letmenottothemarriageoftrueminds

Admitimpediments.Loveisnotlove

Whichalterswhenitalterationfinds,

Orbendswiththeremovertoremove:

O,no!

itisanever-fixedmark,

Thatlooksontempestsandisnevershaken;

Itisthestartoeverywanderingbark,

Whoseworth'

sunknown,althoughhisheightbetaken.

Love'

snotTime'

sfool,thoughrosylipsandcheeks

Withinhisbendingsickle'

scompasscome;

Lovealtersnotwithhisbriefhoursandweeks,

Butbearsitouteventotheedgeofdoom.

Ifthisbeerroranduponmeproved,

Ineverwrit,norno