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analyzing sonnets
this activity will you meet these educational goals
you will demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings
directions
read the instructions for this self-checked activity type in your response to each question, and check your answers. at the end of the activity, write a
brief evaluation of your work
activity
part a
fill in the table below, which refers to the sonnets you have read in the lesson
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sonnet
form (italian or english)
subject addressed figurati
sonnet by
francesco petrarch
wheco lt
part by thomas
encouragement to friend to pursue poetry the speaker's friend ses personations to represent
the baseness of people
the poet's requited love for a woman those who intend to use the woman they love uses the
metaphor of hunting dee to express the impossibility of pursuing a woman who belongs to someone
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sonnets from
by und
spenser
the immortality of love the speaker's mistress uses the image of rushing waves wiping the sand clean
deafoor ty
r
sonnet 15 from
o nd solo
by sro sdney
et 130 by
a lovers pain and the poet's personal experience of it no one in particular compares besty tones
comoares physical attraction to bolnud and the restless yeaming for love to restless messes
the metaphor of a young lon to portray the out and strength of love
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shakespeare
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