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Date Posted: 12:58:08 03/22/03 Sat
Author: Alex Gillingham
Subject: Re: SONNET #130 (STUDENTS PLEASE READ!)
In reply to: Mrs. G. (for Mrs. Moya) :-) 's message, "SONNET #130 (STUDENTS PLEASE READ!)" on 20:21:32 03/11/03 Tue

>After reading & paraphrasing Sonnet 130 on your own,
>explain the following:
>
>1. Explain the couplet at the end of this sonnet. How
>does it alter the meaning of the sonnet?
>
>2. How does Shakespeare mock aspects of the
>traditional sonnet in Sonnet 130?

1. In sonnet #130 Shakespeare descibes how he once liked this woman but now does not at all.

2. In this sonnet, Shakespeare mocks the traditional sonnet by not using Iambic Pentameter.

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  • Re: SONNET #130 (STUDENTS PLEASE READ!) -- Robert Kiec, 13:22:30 03/22/03 Sat
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