English 1022E Study Guide - Final Guide: Christopher Marlowe, Holy Sonnets, Sestet
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By: william shakespeare (pg. 499: shakespearian sonnet, the poet starts the praise of his dear friend without ostentation, but he slowly builds the image of his friend into that of a perfect being. His friend is first compared to summer in the octave, but, at the start of the third quatrain (9), he is summer, and thus, he has metamorphosed into the standard by which true beauty can and should be judged. By: philip sidney (pg. 452: petrarchan sonnet, the author opens this first sonnet by explaining his motivation for composing the sonnet sequence. He believes that if his love were to read the sonnets, she would eventually return his affection. 2405: petrarchan sonnet, the speaker retells a story from greek mythology, the rape of the girl leda by the god zeus, who had assumed the form of a swan. Leda felt a sudden blow, with the great wings of the swan still beating above her.