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Sonnet 71: No longer mourn for me when I am dead. By William Shakespeare. No longer mourn for me when I am dead. Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell. Give warning to the world that I am fled. From this vile world with vilest worms to dwell; Nay, if you read this line, remember not. The hand that writ it; for I love you so,
May 20, 2024 · Line 1: No longer mourn for me when I am dead. Explanation. The speaker starts by directly addressing the beloved and asking them not to grieve excessively for him after his death. Line 2: Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell. Explanation.
Famous Quotes Explained. Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with muffled drum. Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come. In lines 1–4, the speaker opens the poem with a series of commands. The speaker wants to ensure silence so there will be an appropriately ...
In his poems, Shakespeare explores the complexities and emotions surrounding mortality, showcasing his profound understanding of the human condition. Let us delve into a few of Shakespeare's remarkable poems about death.
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Throughout the fourteen lines of this poem, the speaker takes the reader through the numerous things that he is tired of in his life. He’s fed up seeing weak people taken advantage of by the poor and the deserving losing out on opportunities. He doesn’t want to see good women become prostitutes any longer, nor does he want to experience the “author...
‘Sonnet 66’ by William Shakespeare is a fourteen-line poem that is contained within one stanza, in the form that has become synonymous with the poet’s name. The English or Shakespearean sonnet (sometimes also known as the Elizabethan) is made up of three quatrains, or sets of four lines, and one concluding couplet, or set of two rhyming lines. The ...
Shakespeare makes use of several poetic techniques in ‘Sonnet 66’. These include but are not limited to alliteration and anaphora. The first of these, alliteration,occurs when words are used in succession, or at least appear close together, and begin with the same sound. For example, “beggar born” and “needy nothing” in lines two and three. Shakesp...
Lines 1-4
In the first four lines of ‘Sonnet 66,’ the speaker begins by announcing that he’s “Tired with all these”. The things that he’s referring to are numerous and follow in the next quatrains. The world has truly gotten to him, exhausting his heart and making him long for the peace of death. It is there that he’s finally going to find rest. It’s at this point that the speaker turns to list out all of his grievances. This is a very unusual structure for Shakespeare to engage in, especially as the “...
Lines 5-8
In lines, five through eight of ‘Sonnet 66,’the literary device known as anaphora is quite obvious through the repetition of “And” at the beginning of all four lines (as well as the next four). He describes how there are too many people who receive donors that are “shamefully misplaced”. He also speaks on the “maiden” who has lost her virtue and becomes a “strumpet” or a prostitute/whore. The last two situations that he expresses his exhaustion over are examples of good people “disgraced” thr...
Lines 9-14
The same authority that unjustly controls the strong and good also controls the “art” or artist. They are “tongue-tied” or silenced by figures who should have no control over them whatsoever. This same power misbalance is described again in the next line as the speaker suggests that doctors control the sick just like fools control the wise. There is an interesting juxtapositionhere between the “fool” and the “skilled” in society and which is to be respected and where the power should reside....
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Shakespeare death quotes where he refers to death as something that simply happens to us. 1. ‘This thought is as a death’. (Sonnet 64) 2. ‘For now they kill me with a living death’. (King Richard III) 3. ‘Thou detestable maw, thou womb of death’.
In Sonnet 60, the speaker compares the rate at which life passes by to a wave lapping the shore. He acknowledges that death comes inevitably for everyone, and that all should carry an awareness of their own mortality.
