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Date Posted: 16:55:10 03/12/03 Wed
Author: Chris Davis
Subject: Re: SONNET #130 (STUDENTS PLEASE READ!)
In reply to: Chris Davis 's message, "Re: SONNET #130 (STUDENTS PLEASE READ!)" on 16:27:18 03/12/03 Wed

>>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?
>
>I totally misunderstood the sonet... Here is what I found out after I re-read..

In the sonnet, Shakespeare had described how he though his mistress was unattractive and how he didn't really like being around her. The couplet at the end revealed that he once loved her, but he did not love the person that she turned out to be. Shakespeare mocked other sonnets with Sonnet 130 because he did not follow a specific order of Iambic Pantameter. He had started out with just random amounts of syllables then to 10 syllables in a line and then back to a random pattern.

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  • Re: SONNET #130 (STUDENTS PLEASE READ!) -- Ciara D'Anella, 18:10:37 03/16/03 Sun
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