The sixth line says, “And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks” (6) understanding her breath is like perfume. The mistress has to have a voice like music, “I love to hear her speak, yet well I know|that music hath a far more pleasing sound” (9-10). Shakespeare says she walks like a goddess, “I grant I never saw a goddess go” (11). Even though the sonnet seems negative, it gets to be positive in the end. Even though one cannot tell this sonnet stresses a word, it does.
Furthermore, they made me to focus more on one aspect of the poem than the others. I was significantly drawn to the aspect of old age and its prevalent connotations. This is due to the manner in which the author applied the literary elements all through. I cannot deny the great relevance of the above elements on my experience. William Carlos Williams makes great use of several elements in the presentation of the poem.
For instance, in line 10, Shakespeare says, “Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest”, which implies that it is important that she retains her beauty. Shakespeare, by associating her with images of nature makes her seem perfect and pure, because something natural is untouched, “Nature’s changing course”. But, like nature, the woman’s beauty can be dangerous, “Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines”, which alludes that her beauty and love can also be overwhelming, identifying the perils of beauty and youth. Shakespeare also acknowledges how it is inevitable for a physical change to occur as she ages, this can be understood from, “And every fair from fair sometimes declines”. This shows us, that Shakespeare, unlike so many renaissance writers, isn’t a complete romantic and idealist when it comes to love; he is realistic and pragmatic.
She is cunning, resourceful, and brave. She definitely does not fit into the passive role that has been given to the more popular heroines. As in many fairy tales, the beautiful daughter is basically given away as if she is an object to a man who wants to marry her. Of course the girl’s father approves of the suitor because he appears rich, but the girl is not as impressed. She, “did not like him as much as a bride should like her bridegroom,” (Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm).
Incidentally, he refers to Juliet’s life as “honey”, and that it was sucked from her breath. Therefore, it is not unnatural to assume that Juliet lived a good, friendly, and warm life. Love and death are a crucial part to the story as they provide a deeper meaning and understanding of it. Without images of light and dark as well as love and death, Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” would not have achieved the rightly deserved praise it has today. Consequently, the story would be dry and less lively, and some important connections and meanings could not be made.
The way that it is used here gives the entire poem a very fictional feel. The content of the poem (“give me… the forest… the river… sky…”) is obviously not realistic; you can’t give someone the “gold from the sun”. The fairytale like description shows the narrator in a very gullible, naïve sort of light; she seems to give everything to her love without a moments doubt, not seeing that she being taken advantage of or, even if she does see, hoping that her partner still loves her enough to stay with her. The use of the mythical, fictional imagery and fairy tale atmosphere in the poem help the reader to understand and empathize with the narrator and what she is going through. We see divorces all around us, so much so that it has become very monotonous and we fail to really understand want the divorced people go through.
(490) Shakespeare has a different approach on describing his love in his poem, “130”. All throughout the poem Shakespeare is explaining how his mistress is not this beautiful “Barbie” type woman: My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips’ red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. (404) At the very end of the poem, Shakespeare claims that even though she is not this goddess type woman, he still loves her: “And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare”(404). Poe and Shakespeare’s poems have several differences.
She wasn’t very anything” “In short, even when she’d been a girl, she’d been the sort of girl whose slightest eagerness, more than if she was ugly or old, a young man automatically shies away from.” (pg. 113)The absence of colour in herself represents a lack of spirit, personality, and beauty Although her heart was true and pure in the eyes of some, her outer beauty made her unapproachable and hard to be seen as beautiful. In addition, the “Mythological/Archetypal interpretation” of the circle can be seen when Miss.Tretheway introduced a new game in the school yard, and one girl refused to close the big ring by holding Wes’ hand. Miss.Tretheway then showed her role as the “Great Mother” by defending Wes.Wes says, “ I put my hand out to close up the ring with the biggest Banks girl, but she wouldn’t take it.” “She took Marilyn’s place herself. Her hands felt safe and warm…” (pg.
However, Duffy conforms to the more conventional poetic language in her accomplished love poem ‘Anne Hathaway’, which contains complex metaphors and aesthetic beauty. Therefore it would appear that Duffy’s poetry is far richer than the statement suggests. Critics analyze the lexis and diction of each persona, in “The Worlds Wife”, dependant on their delivery and expression. Some critics may label the poems where the character uses more simplistic language as “unpoetic”, for example in ‘Mrs Beast’ and ‘Mrs Faust’, because they would argue that it makes them too accessible. For critics, such as Peter Forbs, believe that poetry should be challenging: “by employing simplistic language and overstated imagery, Duffy is perfect for those no longer accustomed nor inclined to close reading”[2].
The people don’t care for Hooper as a person; they only seem to care about how the veil makes them feel. One lady claims that the veil is “such a terrible thing on Mr. Hooper’s face!” (875). The story claims that Elizabeth, Hooper’s “plighted wife” (877), was the only person “unappalled by the awe” (877) that everyone else seemed to be overwhelmed with. “Unappalled” in this instance simply means not frightened or