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ManasVarma

Ms.Gardner
English10H/period4
13September2015

Sonnet42Analysis
InthisShakespeareansonnet,thenarratorbattleswithhisinnervoiceoverthe
endearmentofhismistress:knowingthatthelossofhislovewillsealthefateofhisalterego,he
decideswhethertoactashistrueself,orashislovesideal.Theflourishingdictionthroughout
thispoemhelpstopushthisidea,asShakespeareincorporatesamultitudeofdifferentsentence
varietyandfigurativelanguage.Hisuseofbrilliantimageryhelpsexplaintothereaderthe
situationthatthenarratorofthepoemisin,andhowthenarratoristornbetweenthelossofhis
alterego,orhislove.Throughhisvividimagery,weareabletodetectthesorrowandfeelingof
indecisivenessinthetoneofthispoem.Specifically,inlinenine,theuseofsoftconsonance
lose,loss,lovehelpstoconveythenarrator'sgrieftowardsthethoughtoflosinghislover.
Also,therepetitiveuseofthesoundl,whichoccursallthroughoutthepoem,suggeststhe
feelingoflossandlove.Becauseofhisuseofrepetitionofsofterconsonantsandvowels,weare
abletoinferthedistraughtfeelingthatthenarratorisfeeling.Anexampleofthisarethewords,
loved,dearly,loss,andsuffring.Thesesoftersoundshelptogivethepoemalighter
note,takingthepoemtoadeeperemotionallevel,andinturnputtingitsreadersintoastateof
melancholy.Buttowardstheendofthesonnet,Shakespearetakeshisreadersintoarelieved
mindset,givingushopebyintroducingaresolution:Butheresthejoy,myfriendandIare
one,(line13).Thislinedirectlycontrastswiththeprevious12lines,switchingfromatoneof
melancholy,tooneofrelief.Ultimately,thepoetovercomesthebattlewithhisinnerself.He
triumphsoverhisalterego,winningtheloveofhismistress,suggestingthatmanyofusare
strugglingwithourproblemsandblamingthemonothers.Whileweourselvesaretherootofour
conflicts.


InLifeandInDeath

Shelefthimtofindanother,gonein
amoment,agustofwindoutthedoor.
Itsquiet,hestillfeelsherpresencewhen
thesunsraysshinethrough,reflectonthefloor.
Thelightofhislife,nowsuppressed,snuffedout.
Soulless,lost,allhopegivenup.Taken
byanother,takenbydeath.Herbout
losttohisgrasp,foreverunshaken.
Theshadowofmortalityloomsover,
comingcloserandcloserbytheday.
Hehasthrowninthetowel,lostcomposure,
hisfuturenowlookingdrearyandgray.
Joiningherineternaldarkness
Leavingbehindyourownlifelesscarcass

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