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Mrs.Gardner
English10H/Period4
9September2015
SeasonsoftheHeart
Insonnet97thespeakerenduresawinteroftheheart:havingpatienceshows
himthetruebeautyofsummer,hislove.WilliamShakespearesuseofboldimagery
andsymbolicmetaphorsforloveandseasonsilluminatethepoetsintensefeelingsfor
hislover.Thesymbolicuseofthebeginningandendinglinescontainingtheword
winterandmiddlelinescontainingautumnandsummershowthepoet's
perspectiveofloveasacycle.Similarlytotheseasons,Shakespeareportrayswinteras
roughdarkwithdrawalsfromhislover,andsummerashisloverbeinghislight.Thepoet
figurativelyusesthephrasewhatfreezingshaveIfelt,whatdarkdaysseenasanother
linkofphasesloveandseasons.Whenawayfromhisloverhisheartexperiencesa
feelingsimilartowinter.Theuseofintensewordssuchasfreezingrepresenthisdeep
painduringhistimesofabsence.Finally,thephraseandyetthistimeremovedwas
summerstimefinallyrevealsthatthepoethasrealizedthathistimeawayisjustas
gloriousashistruesummers,asbeingkeptfromhisloveronlyintensifieshislove.
UltimatelyShakespeareissubjecttotheendlesscycleofhappinessandwithdrawal
knowntomanypeoplewhohaveexperiencedtruelove.Althoughthissonnetistoldjust
fromShakespeare'sperspectiveitcanbeveryrelatabletonearlyanyreader.The
feelingsexpressedinthispoemarestrongerthananywordscantrulyportray.Loveand
itseverlastingcyclesaresomethingthatbringallofmankindtogetherasone.
ThePainofWithdrawal
Thestateofpainfrombrokenbones
goesfarbeyondthehurtthatmayoccur.
Nocastcanhealpainnotfromsticksorstones.
Althoughithurts,surfacepain,Iprefer.
Forbeingkeptfromwhatyoulovemayprove
tobequitehard,andalmosttwicethepain.
Whileothersmaysaynoanddisapprove,
Whenyou'rebetteryou'llgooutandgotrain.
Nopaincausedbysportcankeepyouaway.
Andnomatterwhat,youwillalwaystryagain.
Butthecrackedbonemayteachyouonitsstay.
Lessonsyoulearncannotbeshownthroughpen.
Throughthispainbeyondthesurface,
youlearnthatyourpassionisyourpurpose.