ENGL 204 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3.2: Sonnet 18, Sonnet 130
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A writers aristocratic patronage was the most important asset: for money and prestige. Shakespeare wrote to the henry wriothesley the earl of southampton. Shakespeare was a highly revered poet and had his sonnets passed around. Shakespeare romanticized a man instead of a young woman in his sonnets. Had a abab, cdcd, efef, gg rhyme scheme. His sonnets worked on a high psychological and moral stakes: work on multiple levels. Beauty becomes riper over time: he dreams about having a heir. Though there is a chance for many children he has none. Though he has the world he has not what he wants. When he looks at the end of the day. When he looks at the sunset over during winter. Watching beauty dies makes him question beauty. You are as beautiful as a summers day. Though your beauty shall not fade: is eternal. As long as people live beauty does too. He feels he is one with autumn.
