"Thyself" means "your self." As Shakespeare uses this in his line, he says that "Yourself shall foe."

Iambic pentameter is also used here,"maKING a FAMine WHERE aBUNDANCE lies."

Volta is used here as the entire beginning of the sonnet is reviewing the beauty of the world while the last two lines of the sonnet talk about having to "Pity the world." The use of volta in this sonnet makes the reader think twice about what they had read as their was two sides to the topic that the reader went through.

Rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line in poems or songs. The rhyme scheme in Shakespeare's Sonnet I goes as: A, B, A, C, B, D, B, D, E, F, G, F, G, H, H.

A religious journey.

Unstressed: Lifts, his, ing from burning, each, and der from under. Stressed: up, burn from burning, head, un from under, and eye. The rhythm creates a beat that goes along with the 10 syllables per line.

Unstressed: And, ing from having, the, up, and enly from heavenly. Stressed: hav from having, climb'd, steep, heav from heavenly, and hill. The rhythm created is used to make a couple of the words seem more important.

Feeble means lack of physical strength as a result of age

The rhyme scheme is A B A B; C D C D; E F E F. Car rhymes with are and day rhymes with way. Just like light rhymes with sight and eye rhymes with majesty.

He is emphasizing how much he adores this person. How much he sees in her and how much he looks up to her. In this poem there really isn't a turn there is a just a emphasizing.

Rhyme Scheme: A-delight B-youth A-spite B-truth C-wit D-more C-sit D-store E-despised F-give E-sufficed F-live G-thee G-me

The stressed syllables are spect, may, not, ect, and tell. The unstressed syllables are Sus, I, but, dir, and ly.

The stressed syllables in this line are guess, ang, in, oth, and hell. The unstressed syllables in this line are I, one, el, an, and er's.

The stressed syllables in this line are bet, ang, is, man, and fair. The unstressed syllables in this line are the, ter, el, a, and right.

The rhyme scheme for this poem is: despair (a) and fair (a), still (b) and ill (b), evil (c) and devil (c), side (d) and pride (d), fiend (e) and friend (e), tell (f) and hell (f), doubt (g) and out (g)

Unstressed:I, al-,be-,my,-cast. Stressed:all,-one,-weep,out-, state.

The rhyme scheme is eyes(a) and cries(a), state(b) and fate(b), hope(c) and scope(c), possess'd(d) and least(d), despising(e) and arising(e), state(f) and gate(f), and brings(g) and kings(g)

Thou-art, Too-dear, For-my, Possess-ing.

The rhyme scheme is a(possessing),b(estimate),a(releasing),b(determinate),c(granting),d(deserving),c(wanting),d(swerving),e(knowing),f(mistaking),e(growing),f(making),g(flatter),g(matter)

The significance of this line is saying she gave herself away, without knowing her worth.

grant, IF | thou WILT | thou ART | beLOVED | of MA | ny

who FOR | thySELF | art SO | un-PROV | i-DENT |

For SHAME | deNY | that THOU | bear'st LOVE | to ANY. The capitalized words are the stressed ones.

The rhyme scheme goes: ababcdcdefeghh

Oft is a shortened version of often

Time will take you and death will hold you forever

These lines are the volta, where WS is saying that in your old age you will forget these things. This poem is about a metaphorical book he is writing for is lover, but the empty pages are lost memories.

The word dial is referring to a sundial, these were how time was measured in WS time.

This line is saying the glass is a mirror and i will show your beauty.

The rhyme scheme for sonnet 77 is ababcdcdefefgg

A- recite and quite B- love and prove C- lie and I D- desert and impart E- this and is F- untrue and nor you G- forth and worth

unstressed; that, for, speak, of, and un from untrue stressed: you, love, well, me, and true from untrue This is an effective way to use iambic pentameter because it is showing that she is making more of him than he actually is by making the line flow. The poet is saying that if she lies about him then she never really loved him.

The stressed syllables are to, more, me, mine, and des from desert. The unstressed syllables are do, for, than, own, ert from desert. This is important because this is showing how it's important for the lover not to do more than what he is worth because people will figure out he is lying.

This line is an effective use of the iambic pentameter because it makes the volta flow faster and seem not as harsh. unstressed: and, should, to, things, and thing from nothing stressed: so, you, love, no from nothing, and worth

This sonnet is about how when the poet dies then his lover should not try and carry on his name even though he is not worthy enough. The volta in the poem is in the last line when he tells his lover that she should be ashamed for loving someone with no worth. This is significant because it's showing how they fell in love without even knowing each other's worth nor appreciating it.

make known, communicate

A stingy or ungenerous person

Dian represents the god of Chasity and virginity. Therefore the nymphs are devoted to Diana rather than cupid.

Rhyme scheme: Asleep and steep. Endure and cure. New fired and desired. Breast and guest. Lies and eyes.

With (used at the end of a clause)

To go quickly

Possessing supreme or ultimate power

A disease or ailment.

The rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef gg. The a's are see and thee; the b's are unrespected and directed. The c's are bright and light; the d's are show and so. The e's are made and shade; the f's are day and stay. The g's are thee and me.

Doth means the word/meaning "do" in language today.

This part means that the happiness she brings him also gives him an inner conflict that he compares to a miser and his money, stating that if he spends his money or love in this case, she will steal his money, or break his heart.

If this poem was read to me I would kind of be offended by it because Shakespeare is basically saying that he will keep a girl around whether he wants anything to do with her or not.

definition: a person who hoards wealth and spends as little money as possible

unstressed: so, you, my, as, to stressed: are, to, thoughts, food, life

definition: steal in a casual way

definition: an excessive amount of something

The rhyme schemes in my poem are abab, cdcd, efef gg

This is the volta because he is saying how although he enjoys her present, he is sometimes starved by it.

Unstressed: Ad, tage, the, dom, the Stressed: van, of, king, of, shore The rhythm makes it seem more song like, making it sound like a fable.

Unstressed: the, proud, of, worn, ied Stressed: rich, cost, out, bur, age

to think deeply about something

to express anger or annoyance

Defaced:A Age:B Razed:A Rage:B Gain:C Shore:D Main:C Store:D State:E Decay:F Ruminate:E Away:F Choose:G Lose:G

canst means can

the old fashioned way of saying do

Unthrifty means wasteful

the definition of niggard is an ungenerous person

The rhyme scheme of this poem is A,B,A,B

definition: the quality of being faithful and dependable.

definition: also known as forswearing, is the intentional act of swearing a false oath or of falsifying an affirmation to tell the truth, whether spoken or in writing, concerning matters material to an official proceeding.

definition: an act of breaking or failing to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct.

definition: agree to give up or do without

when, break, I, perjured, for, my, are, but, misuse are all unstressed. I, twenty, am, most, all, vows, oaths, to, thee are all stressed.

A bearing is a machine element that constrains relative motion to only the desired motion, and reduces friction between moving parts.

The Volta goes from love to hate.

The rhyme scheme is forsworn (a), swearing (b), torn (a), bearing (b).

The rhyme scheme of (A) is old and cold. The rhyme scheme of (B) is eyed and pride. The rhyme scheme of (C) is turn'd and burn'd. The rhyme scheme of (D) is seen and green. The rhyme scheme of (E) is hand and stand. The rhyme scheme of (F) is perceived and deceived. The rhyme scheme of (G) is unbred and dead.

unstressed; her, for, dear, I, and stressed; love, whose, love, rise, fall

stressed; soul, tell, bo(dy), he unstressed; my, doth, my (bo)dy, that, may

There is not really a rhyme scheme, but you can definitely hear the iambic pentameter when you read this sonnet, it is very obvious to me. The volta in this sonnet appears at the end, it is the last two lines.

drudge: person made to do hard, dull, menial work

I really enjoyed this part of the sonnet because of the way it is worded, it was also difficult for me to understand at first.

This is probably my favorite part of Shakespeare's sonnet. It is talking about how in love, it is hard to recognize right from wrong, but in reality, love is what your conscience is.

There are 3 quatrains which is 4 lines a piece ,and one couplet at the end that is 2 lines. Lines 1 and 3 are A, 2 and 4 are B, 5 and 7 are C, and 6 and 8 are D. Also, lines 9 and 11 are E, and lines 10 and 12 are F. Lastly, lines 13 and 14 are G.

This word is unfamiliar to me. The word consecrate means to declare something. Another confusing word in this poem is hath. This means third person singular present of have.

I disagree with this line. I don't think anyone is content with dying. At one point everyone is scared, and no one is really happy to be dead. Everyone wants to live forever, even if they know they can't.

I think this line means that after you die and you get buried in the dirt, your body is at the hands of worms. Worms eat you for food, therefore making you the prey.

These lines would be an example of iambic pentameter. The unstressed syllables would be the, can, but, which, and his in the 1st line. The stressed syllables in that line are earth, have, earth, is, and due. Another example of unstressed syllables in the 3rd line highlighted would be so, thou, but, the, and of. The stressed syllables are then, hast, lost, dregs, and life. These lines all go together to create a rhythm and beat that gives the poem a certain effect.

The rhyme scheme is A, B, A, B. For example, arrest and interest rhyme. So does away and stay, which are on the 2nd and 4th line. Another example of rhyming is life and knife, and they are at the end of the poem.

This is the turn or volta. The beginning of the poem explains how he has accepted death and can be ok with not being remembered, however at the end it says he will be worthy once he is gone. This disagrees with the whole poem.

This is the Volta (the turn) Throughout the Volta, Shakespeare complains about his partner's lack of commitment but the turn is that he will still wait for them and stand by them no matter how how much pain they cause him.

Sonnet 11 by Shakespeare is written telling somebody that it is important for them to have children because of how much beauty and intelligence they have. The entire sonnet is basically one huge compliment, and at the end does not even appear to have a Volta, as rare as that is. Instead at the ending in the couplet, he continues his compliment when he explains mother nature carved her body as a mold to make more copies, and not let that beauty die with her.

"HereinI lives wisIdom, beaIuty andI increase:/WithoutI this, foIlly, ageI and coldI decay:/If allI were mindIed so,I the timesI should cease./And threeIscore yearI would makeI the worldI away." Shakespeare writes sonnet 11 in his most famous rhyme scheme, an abab format, this means that line 1 rhymes with like 3 and line 2 rhymes with line 4. These lines are the more pronounced example of abab in sonnet 11, "increase" in line 1 rhymes with "cease" in line 3, and "decay" in line 2 rhymes with "away" in line 4.

Shakespeare creates the rhythm in sonnet 11, by rhyming the different endings of the 14 lines of his poems, which is a common style when writing in a Shakespearean style. He does this in almost every line such as with words like "increase" and "cease," and "perish" and "cherish."

Decree: is law, rule, or standard.

Sonnet 93 follows the Rhyme Scheme of: A, B, A, B, C, D, E, D, E, F, E, F, G, G.

This is some of the words I did not understand. "Dost thou" defines as do you.

The poem produces a volta. A volta is a change in the poet's thought process. This change in a poet's thought process usually occurs at the last two stanzas of a poem. In this sonnet, Shakespeare explains that he is in love with this women, and he is woken up from his sleep, thinking about her. He believes that she doesn't love him as much as he loves her. Then, he explains that she is keeping other men too close to her.

This poem has a rhyme scheme, I know this because in this particular poem it says, "Is it thy spirit that thou send'st from thee 5 So far from home into my deeds to pry, To find out shames and idle hours in me," In the first line, the ending word rhymes with the third lines ending word. "Thee" and "me" produce a rhyme scheme.

The rhyme scheme is ababababa then cdcd then fg

This provides a rhythm that starts all over at a climax or change of idea. The rhyme scheme starts over at line 9 and 13.

The author can control the audience in this way. First he has the audience in his beat but then a sort of climax makes sure he does not lose the audience's focus.

Close Reading Analaysis: This is not really an infection but a sort of sin or wrong he has done.

This is a very bitter kind of vinegar

He is saying that his is incurable but after the volta it the author is saying that his dear friends pity is enough to cure him

Confound means to surprise or confuse.

Churls is the plural form of the word "Churl" which means an impolite or mean person.

The rhyme scheme follows A,B,A,B,-C,C. The ending words all rhyme in this sequence: view,mend, due, commend, crown'd, own, confound, shown, mind, deeds, kind, weeds. Then followed by the C,C: show and grow.

This is one example of the iambic pentameter, "But" is unstressed, "is" is stressed, "thou" is unstressed, "live" is stressed, "re-" is unstressed, "mem" is stressed, "-ber'd" is unstressed, "not" is stressed,"to" is unstressed, "be" is stressed.

The volta begins here, because before this line, Shakespeare was writing about how this person should change their ways, now from this line and on, Shakespeare is writing about something else entirely than change.

The rhyme scheme in the entire poem is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. This may be one example but the whole rhyme is: A-viewest B- another A- renewest B- mother, C- womb D- husbandry C- tomb D- posterity, E- thee F- prime E- see F- time, G- be G- thee

Beguile means to charm or enchant someone, sometimes in a deceptive way. The use of it in this sonnet is, Shakespeare started out this poem saying that this person should change their ways and when he is using the word beguile, is explaining is that this person should stop being deceiving and deceptive.

What Shakespeare is trying to say here is this person should change their ways because their old ways were bad.

Why does he want his love to be shown so much through writing?

I really like this part of the poem or sonnet. When you actually translate it to what it means, it means "Who can prevent Time from destroying beauty?." I like it because it shows that over time, something truly do lose beauty, at least to some people

Whose action is no stronger than a flower? O, how **shall sum**mer's hon**ey breath** hold out

The italic show the stressed syllables, whereas the rest of the poem is unstressed.

This means that even the most undefeated things can end or be defeated on the worst days.

rhyme scheme. sea - plea: both have the "ea" with the "ee" sound. power - flower: both have the ower sound. out - stout: both have the "out". days - decays: both end in "ays" alack - back: both have the "ack" sound. hid - forbid: both have the "id" ending might - bright: both end in "ight"

an expression of regret or dismay.

a prolonged period of misfortune

unable to be captured or broken into. unable to be defeated or destroyed.

an act, quality, or person; brave and determined. a person; somewhat fat or of heavy build.

meaning opposition or odds

a shortened version of against

This line means with the word sluttish means that the stones are blackened by something dirty (sluttish)

The stressed words are you, forth, praise, still, room and the unstressed words are Shall, pace, your, shall, find

The stressed syllables are Mars, sword, war's, fire, burn and the unstressed syllables are Nor, his, nor, quick, shall.

This means that when she dies her beauty will be carried on through her child. Her beauty will never die because it is carried on through her children.

Shakespeare is saying that she needs to prepare for her death and have a child. She should let her life live on through her child.

House is referring to a family. Shakespeare is asking the rhetorical question of: Who would let a family fall apart?

Rhyme scheme: smells A pride B dwells A dyed B

Definition: scold or rebuke

Rhyme Scheme: both E breath F growth E death F

Rhyme Scheme: hand C hair D stand C despair D

Here, he is saying basically he's "not like those other guys"

Do

I could be completely wrong with this and his time period but maybe he was influenced by the black plague.

So I think he is trying to compare himself to astronomy but I wonder why. He used the word "stars" in the first line and I wonder if this is goi g to carry on into the rest of the poem.

I think "methinks" is so weird. I wonder if Shakespeare was actually spelling things wrong and making actual grammatical errors but we just look at his words as if they are beautiful old English.

Pluck can mean courage or it can mean to pull away at something, but I'm not sure which one Shakepeare is using in this line.

Definition: archaic third person singular present of have.

Definition: A woman's breasts.

This is the turn. He was lamenting the fact that he no longer had what he used to, but he now is fondly remembering it and is happy.

Then is unstressed, can is stressed, I is unstressed, drown is stressed, etc.

Lines 1 and 3, lines 2 and 4, lines 5 and 7, lines 6 and 8, lines 9 and 11, lines 10 and 12, and lines 13 and 14 rhyme.

the words "cheque'd" and "bereft" are the two words I do not know the meaning of. I'm guessing "bereft" means "were left" but I have no idea what "cheque'd" means. I looked it up and it means to pay with a personnel check. But how does that fit in with this poem? Does it mean that sap paid with frost or gave up to frost?

The iambic pentameter in this poem is a bit hard to read. There are a lot of lines that have three or two syllabus and its hard to find the specific beat like in line 11.

The rhyme schemes of this sonnet are A is frame and same, B is dwell and excel, C is on and gone, D is there and where, E is left and bereft, F is glass and glass and was, and the volta is meet and sweet. But the part that makes me question is the rhyme scheme part F: was and glass don't rhyme so why is it like that?

What these lines are trying to say is that during the summer we are active and always trying to look for new things and in winter we are slow to do things that we enjoy.

What this is saying that in the winter everything is covered in snow and looks bare whereas in the summer there is a ton of variety in our surroundings.

The volta above is saying during the bulk of the sonnet is its explaining things that change but in the last part it goes on to explain that true beauty never changes.

I think what this part is trying to say is that true beauty never changes and never dies out

The rhyme scheme for this sonnet would be A: Wantonness B :Sport A: More or less B: Resort C: Queen D: esteem'd C: Seen D: Deem'd E: Betray F: Translate E: Away F: State G: Sort G: Report

All the words rhyme with each other in a pattern.

This would the the volta in the sonnet, because before it would describe the faults within a person, " Some say thy fault is youth," But at that part the sonnet begins to talk about how much he loves her despite her flaws.

The rhyme scheme for this poem is A,B,A,C,D,C,D,E,F,E,F,G,G.

A-any B-unprovident A- many B- evident C-hate D-conspire C-ate D- desire E-mind F-love E-kind F-prove G-me G-thee

The overall rhyme scheme for the poem is ABABCDCDEFEFGG.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ That thou among the wastes of time must go, Since ~ ~ ~ ~ `<br> sweets and beau ties do them selves forsake; I chose these lines because now the poem starts to turn and strive towards death and how everyone is going to die no matter how beautiful they are.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ When lof ty trees I see barren of leaves Which erst ~ ~ ~ ` from heat did can opy the herd; I chose these lines because, I believe they had a solid rhythm and a new repetition when they keep saying, "when."

~ ~ ~ ~ When I count the clock that tells the ~ ~ ~ ~ time And see the brave day sunk ~ ` ~ in hid eous night; I picked these lines because they have a common rhythm to it and they have a great start to the Sonnet.

The 12 lines of the poem are about a man seeking to find a partner and not to be single anymore and to have a family. In the end it says that to say "thou single wilt prove none." To a single person, not literally but to encourage people to settle down.

Shakespeare cannot be named an american author if America was not discovered.

Well now he's a threat, people are worried that he might be able to win the election. But I have faith in humanity that the adults won't make the wrong choice. I hope.

I don't believe that Shakespeare is the "greatest playwright who ever lived." Just because he is well known in the US does not mean that he is automatically the best there is.

I honestly don't believe that Shakespeare has had this much of an affect on America. He may be a very popular author and poet, but I personally do not see that he made this much of an impact.

I agree with this quote because you'll never know what Shakespeare was truly inspired by because he is dead and can't answer that question himself.

what does this word mean?

This really caught my eye. Very interesting fact!

Personification- This is giving Shakespeare's work the ability to hold up a mirror. By doing this the author makes the work done by Shakespeare an object that could be compared to society.

I love whenever this is brought up because it is so interesting to me, yet I have no idea why.

my personal opinion is that Shakespeare is an american poet. any of his work was based off american history.

This sentence doesn't make sense to me

If Shakespeare died at the same time as the landing of the Mayflower, could it be that maybe the "American" influence of his writing technically still be English?

I believe that if he was really born in Britain, he is still British. He can still be considered an American poet because that is where his poetry became famous, but he is still originally British. However, I do agree that he can be considered an American poet based on how famous his work is here.

I am not sure what the meaning of transgression is.

I don't understand why it would say "our national poet". Shakespeare was not even from the United States. He might have been a well known poet, but how could he be our national poet.

Is there a connection to the information about Plymouth Rock and Romeo and Juliet

I think this statement is pretty accurate. Most of Shakespeare's work is extremely well known still to this day. Also the writer of this article uses a small allusion here.

I do not agree with the fact that you called Shakespeare a "central feature of the American dream." Shakespeare is in fact a brilliant play-write and poet, but he is not a very central part of the american dream.

Connection: Jim Crow. In Jim Crow laws, The National Guard had to be called to protect kids going to and from school. In this article, The National Guard was called to protect citizens from a riot.

Since Shakespeare's work had been debuted in America and had been praised so much, they were seen as "American."

Shakespeare influenced Americans so heavily, they thought of his work as almost "holy."

The author explains that Shakespeare influenced poetry and writing in the "new land." Poetry and writing was believed to be brought here by Shakespeare and was influenced by his work.

This is very true, women weren't allowed to perform so men had to play women roles. For example in Romeo & Juliet, boys who had a high pitch voice would play as Juliet.

Even though i have never seen West Side Story I can tell by the photos how influential Shakespeare must have been in the writing.

I think that this statue is one of the things that has kept Shakespeare as such a popular figure.

Did it really? I mean Les Misérables didn't go so well. Oh wait never mind I see. True true. Revolution. Slavery would not be abolished for another hundred years, but the Revolution saw the dawn of an organized abolitionist movement. English traditions such as land inheritance laws were swept away almost immediately. The Anglican Church in America could no longer survive. After all, the official head of the Church of England was the British monarch. States experimented with republican ideas when drafting their own constitutions during the war. All these major changes would be felt by Americans before the dawn of the nineteenth century.

The American Revolution produced a new outlook among its people that would have ramifications long into the future. Groups excluded from immediate equality such as slaves and women would draw their later inspirations from revolutionary sentiments. Americans began to feel that their fight for liberty was a global fight. Future democracies would model their governments on ours. There are few events that would shake the world order like the success of the American patriotic cause. From slavery to women's rights, from religious life to voting, American attitudes would be forever changed.Interesting how Shakespeare was about part of that.

That's kind of weird how Shakespeare's work became so popular in America around the revolution even though he wasn't even alive at that time.

I agree that this is a common problem today and this refers to Romeo and Juliet

It's truly insane to see the fact that Shakespeare is still now being performed and studied, even 500 years ago. William Shakespeare was born in April 26, 1564, and his work is still studied today in 2016.

Shakespeare has definitely influenced American poetry and writing, and it shows how important he was to our society.

I wouldn't agree. A lot of us students have a love-hate relationship with shakespeare and his works. While they are enjoyable, they are hard to understand at times. A lot of people who enjoy literature-most people who enjoy literature-enjoy shakespeare. Most people who enjoy plays and dramas, enjoy shakespears. Not all people like shakespeare, though.

In my opinion, Shakespeare is not a central figure of the American dream, as he is not from America and I do not believe that any non American can be central in the American dream.

Shakespeare's writing started outta no where and people started striving off of it

I'm not understanding why people think William Shakespeare is considered to be an American. I think people are just saying this because Romeo and Juliet is popular in North America.

This shows bad christianity

The imagery helps me understand more.

The author writes a lot about the present day and colonial times in America relating to Shakespeare, but he leaves a wide gap in the history that makes him as popular as he still is today.

This just shows how much Shakespeare has impacted our society because performances from his writing are still going on today.

I agree with this they always blame the minority

Opinion: In my opinion, Shakespeare is not an American author, unless he wrote for America, lived in America or worked in America; and it is shown that he did none of that other than write amazing poems and books and participate in plays that all held in Europe.

its kinda weird how people were so fixated on his work.

I like how the author uses the analogy that "Shakespeare's work had become a Bible..." because it really shows how popular it was.

So, in a sense the author of the article is saying that William Shakespeare is an american author because he shares a culture and language with the Americans?

that is cool, didn't know that before

I think this describes Shakespeare's writing and what it means to the Americans.

I do agree with this statement because our nation had plays, publishing of his books and poetry, and skits that all seem to reflect back to Shakespeare and his writing. For example, now a days Romeo and Juliet is considered an American read