In poetry, the device of ending two or more lines with words that sound alike is called end rhyming;end words that share a particular sound are end rhymes. When used in a poem,end rhymes set up a definite pattern of s...In poetry, the device of ending two or more lines with words that sound alike is called end rhyming;end words that share a particular sound are end rhymes. When used in a poem,end rhymes set up a definite pattern of sounds-a rhyme scheme.展开更多
Four is a very important number in Western culture.This paper intends to explore the use of four elements and their significance in Shakespeare’ s sonnets 44 and 45.They demonstrate the correspondence between nature ...Four is a very important number in Western culture.This paper intends to explore the use of four elements and their significance in Shakespeare’ s sonnets 44 and 45.They demonstrate the correspondence between nature and human being,the platonic/Christian dualism,and the separation and unity between the speaker and the young man.展开更多
Shakespeare is one of the most brilliant playwrights and poets in the Middle Ages. Shakespeare's sonnets created during 1592 to 1598 is not only one of the greatest achievements of his, but also a great leap forwa...Shakespeare is one of the most brilliant playwrights and poets in the Middle Ages. Shakespeare's sonnets created during 1592 to 1598 is not only one of the greatest achievements of his, but also a great leap forward to sonnet itself. With the development of sonnets, Chinese poets begin to learn from western traditional sonnets. Among these poets, Bai Ma is a typical representative. This thesis aims to make a comparison between western traditional sonnets and Chinese sonnets to find out their similarities and dissimilarities through studying Shakespeare's and Bai Ma's respective magnum opuses, and to further promote the literary communication of the East-West.展开更多
The paper introduces the tradition of English sonnets, and explores how Shakespeare inherits the tradition and developshis own distinctiveness in his sonnets.
The teaching of Shakespeare’s sonnet 34, among others, was attempted in order to counterbalance an overabundance of "survey" courses and to take the students deeply into a single major writer a poet again t...The teaching of Shakespeare’s sonnet 34, among others, was attempted in order to counterbalance an overabundance of "survey" courses and to take the students deeply into a single major writer a poet again to counterbalance an overabundance of courses on prose writers. Sonnet 34 provided a few challenges in several archaic words, and in some Christian terms, but dealing with these left the students in a good position to successfully ingest and enjoy this and other sonnets.展开更多
The paper explores the symbolic meanings of roses in Shakespeare’s sonnets. In Shakespeare’s 154 sonnets, therose imagery is placed in a dominant position among all the other flower imagery. In general, rose is one ...The paper explores the symbolic meanings of roses in Shakespeare’s sonnets. In Shakespeare’s 154 sonnets, therose imagery is placed in a dominant position among all the other flower imagery. In general, rose is one of themost conventional images in the sonnet. But in addition to the traditional symbol of beauty and love, rose in thesonnet shows more symbolic meanings: a symbol of vitality and reproduction, a symbol of friendship and devotion,and a symbol of fidelity and immortality. The symbolic rose, to a great extent, reflects the Renaissance humanistShakespeare’s values and ideals of humanism. By successfully employing the rose imagery, Shakespeare extols thevirtues of reproduction, displays his faith in the immortality of his verse, and conveys the message of appreciatingand cherishing the beauty, goodness, and truth.展开更多
The theme about the cruelty of time frequently appears in Shakespeare's sonnets including the 60 th one. In this sonnet,rhetorical devices contribute to vividly express the meanings of the poem. That is time is cr...The theme about the cruelty of time frequently appears in Shakespeare's sonnets including the 60 th one. In this sonnet,rhetorical devices contribute to vividly express the meanings of the poem. That is time is cruel and ravaging and it destroys everything, but this poem will enable the young man's worth or beauty to be free from the mighty power of the"bloody tyrant"time and to live forever. In addition, these meanings are reinforced by the sounds and rhythms.展开更多
It is generally acknowledged that the first 17 sonnets of Shakespeare is a set of poems to urge a young man to get married and have a baby so as to immortalize his beauty.However,these sonnets mirror Shakespeare’s me...It is generally acknowledged that the first 17 sonnets of Shakespeare is a set of poems to urge a young man to get married and have a baby so as to immortalize his beauty.However,these sonnets mirror Shakespeare’s mediations on life and death.Man is by nature mortal being,and time is the enemy of life.To endure beauty long,man can fight against time by means of child-bearing and poetic creation.The first 17 sonnets address the theme:the essence of life is to create.展开更多
There is special intertextuality between Shakespeare’s sonnet 115&116,each of which contributes to make up a complete mosaic of the speaker’s passionate but philosophical process of rumination on the relationshi...There is special intertextuality between Shakespeare’s sonnet 115&116,each of which contributes to make up a complete mosaic of the speaker’s passionate but philosophical process of rumination on the relationship between love and time.When juxtaposing these two sonnets,we can find an organic entirety very similar to“a drama”under the same theme,and each sonnet,like a scene for the drama,is indispensable in constructing a process of pondering on the relationship between love and time.展开更多
Since the study of Shakespeare's sonnets came to China,people come to an agreement that there is more than one theme running through these sonnets.The most popular and well-accepted ones are singing for fairness,k...Since the study of Shakespeare's sonnets came to China,people come to an agreement that there is more than one theme running through these sonnets.The most popular and well-accepted ones are singing for fairness,kindness and truth,singing for friendship,and singing for love.Among all these themes,time,running through these sonnets from the beginning to the end,is absolutely one of the most important.In the eyes of the poet,time is cruel and destructive;however,he figures out poetry as a key way to triumph over it.This article attempts to argue for the triumph of poetry over time in Shakespeare's sonnets based on an analysis to the poetry.展开更多
The male-female-male relationship is a recurrent theme in William Shakespeare's sonnets. In Eve Sedgwick's influential queer study book Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire, she first int...The male-female-male relationship is a recurrent theme in William Shakespeare's sonnets. In Eve Sedgwick's influential queer study book Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire, she first interpreted the relationship within the model of erotic triangle. On the basis of Sedgwick's theory, the triangle relationship in the Sonnets is analyzed—Shakespeare constructs an erotic triangle where males by identifying, cooperating, and competing with each other, maintain their homosocial bond upon heterosexual but misogynous desires towards a female. The contradictory relationship reflects Shakespeare's struggle vis-à-vis a Renaissance literary theme: rationality versus passion, with the former mounting over the latter.展开更多
William Shakespeare,an English poets, playwright and actor, is widely regarded as both the greatest writer in the Englishlanguage, and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. His works includes about 39 plays,154 sonne...William Shakespeare,an English poets, playwright and actor, is widely regarded as both the greatest writer in the Englishlanguage, and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. His works includes about 39 plays,154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and afew other verses.In his sonnets, Shakespeare employed many rhetorical devices to make the theme prominent.Sonnet 60 is one ex-ample. Through the analysis of the rhymes, rhyme scheme, and the rhetoric a device, this paper argues that time is destructive andcould not be preserved by anyone, and nothing will escape the destruction of time. Besides, analyzing the rhymes and the rhetoricdevices could improve one's reading comprehension and the ability to appreciate the literary works.展开更多
文摘In poetry, the device of ending two or more lines with words that sound alike is called end rhyming;end words that share a particular sound are end rhymes. When used in a poem,end rhymes set up a definite pattern of sounds-a rhyme scheme.
文摘Four is a very important number in Western culture.This paper intends to explore the use of four elements and their significance in Shakespeare’ s sonnets 44 and 45.They demonstrate the correspondence between nature and human being,the platonic/Christian dualism,and the separation and unity between the speaker and the young man.
文摘Shakespeare is one of the most brilliant playwrights and poets in the Middle Ages. Shakespeare's sonnets created during 1592 to 1598 is not only one of the greatest achievements of his, but also a great leap forward to sonnet itself. With the development of sonnets, Chinese poets begin to learn from western traditional sonnets. Among these poets, Bai Ma is a typical representative. This thesis aims to make a comparison between western traditional sonnets and Chinese sonnets to find out their similarities and dissimilarities through studying Shakespeare's and Bai Ma's respective magnum opuses, and to further promote the literary communication of the East-West.
文摘The paper introduces the tradition of English sonnets, and explores how Shakespeare inherits the tradition and developshis own distinctiveness in his sonnets.
文摘The teaching of Shakespeare’s sonnet 34, among others, was attempted in order to counterbalance an overabundance of "survey" courses and to take the students deeply into a single major writer a poet again to counterbalance an overabundance of courses on prose writers. Sonnet 34 provided a few challenges in several archaic words, and in some Christian terms, but dealing with these left the students in a good position to successfully ingest and enjoy this and other sonnets.
文摘The paper explores the symbolic meanings of roses in Shakespeare’s sonnets. In Shakespeare’s 154 sonnets, therose imagery is placed in a dominant position among all the other flower imagery. In general, rose is one of themost conventional images in the sonnet. But in addition to the traditional symbol of beauty and love, rose in thesonnet shows more symbolic meanings: a symbol of vitality and reproduction, a symbol of friendship and devotion,and a symbol of fidelity and immortality. The symbolic rose, to a great extent, reflects the Renaissance humanistShakespeare’s values and ideals of humanism. By successfully employing the rose imagery, Shakespeare extols thevirtues of reproduction, displays his faith in the immortality of his verse, and conveys the message of appreciatingand cherishing the beauty, goodness, and truth.
文摘The theme about the cruelty of time frequently appears in Shakespeare's sonnets including the 60 th one. In this sonnet,rhetorical devices contribute to vividly express the meanings of the poem. That is time is cruel and ravaging and it destroys everything, but this poem will enable the young man's worth or beauty to be free from the mighty power of the"bloody tyrant"time and to live forever. In addition, these meanings are reinforced by the sounds and rhythms.
文摘It is generally acknowledged that the first 17 sonnets of Shakespeare is a set of poems to urge a young man to get married and have a baby so as to immortalize his beauty.However,these sonnets mirror Shakespeare’s mediations on life and death.Man is by nature mortal being,and time is the enemy of life.To endure beauty long,man can fight against time by means of child-bearing and poetic creation.The first 17 sonnets address the theme:the essence of life is to create.
文摘There is special intertextuality between Shakespeare’s sonnet 115&116,each of which contributes to make up a complete mosaic of the speaker’s passionate but philosophical process of rumination on the relationship between love and time.When juxtaposing these two sonnets,we can find an organic entirety very similar to“a drama”under the same theme,and each sonnet,like a scene for the drama,is indispensable in constructing a process of pondering on the relationship between love and time.
文摘Since the study of Shakespeare's sonnets came to China,people come to an agreement that there is more than one theme running through these sonnets.The most popular and well-accepted ones are singing for fairness,kindness and truth,singing for friendship,and singing for love.Among all these themes,time,running through these sonnets from the beginning to the end,is absolutely one of the most important.In the eyes of the poet,time is cruel and destructive;however,he figures out poetry as a key way to triumph over it.This article attempts to argue for the triumph of poetry over time in Shakespeare's sonnets based on an analysis to the poetry.
文摘The male-female-male relationship is a recurrent theme in William Shakespeare's sonnets. In Eve Sedgwick's influential queer study book Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire, she first interpreted the relationship within the model of erotic triangle. On the basis of Sedgwick's theory, the triangle relationship in the Sonnets is analyzed—Shakespeare constructs an erotic triangle where males by identifying, cooperating, and competing with each other, maintain their homosocial bond upon heterosexual but misogynous desires towards a female. The contradictory relationship reflects Shakespeare's struggle vis-à-vis a Renaissance literary theme: rationality versus passion, with the former mounting over the latter.
文摘William Shakespeare,an English poets, playwright and actor, is widely regarded as both the greatest writer in the Englishlanguage, and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. His works includes about 39 plays,154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and afew other verses.In his sonnets, Shakespeare employed many rhetorical devices to make the theme prominent.Sonnet 60 is one ex-ample. Through the analysis of the rhymes, rhyme scheme, and the rhetoric a device, this paper argues that time is destructive andcould not be preserved by anyone, and nothing will escape the destruction of time. Besides, analyzing the rhymes and the rhetoricdevices could improve one's reading comprehension and the ability to appreciate the literary works.
