Personification: Brings the meadows to lifeshows the liveliness and energy of the meadows.

Diction: Introduces the plays setting and tone soft and appealing

Imagery: Illustrates the beauty of the setting by using alluring phrases such as "glorious morning"

The reflection of the sunlight created the appearance of a gold stream.

u / u / u / u / u / Full many a glorious morning have I seen a Flatter the mountain-tops with sovereign eye, b Kissing with golden face the meadows green, a Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy; ____________ b ______ Quadrant 1, Problem Anon permit the basest clouds to ride c With ugly rack on his celestial face, d And from the forlorn world his visage hide, c Stealing unseen to west with this disgrace: _______________ d ______ Quadrant 2, Development Even so my sun one early morn did shine e With all triumphant splendor on my brow; f But out, alack! he was but one hour mine, e The region cloud hath mask'd him from me now . _______ f ______ Quadrant 3, Solution Yet him for this my love no whit disdaineth; g Suns of the world may stain when heaven's sun staineth. ____ g ______ Couplet 1, Solution

Change of tone begins the development section of the sonnet: adds movement and texture to the poem

The consonance of the "s" sound creates a sinister and unpredictable tone, much like the hiss of a snake.

Allusion: The sun, a mythic element, represents the poet's distancing love. Because it is a mythic element, the poet's beloved is given a sense of divinity when being called "my sun."

The poet's love is most likely a male;

The narrator was able to see his old companion for only an hour before dark clouds came between them yet again.