The Renaissance-Sonnets

1. Shakespeare rhymes every other line in his sonnet, and in the last section both lines rhyme. Spencer rhymes every other line, and the first line in the next section rhymes with the last line in the previous section, and then the last two lines in the last section rhyme. I think that Spencer's style would be more enjoyable to read, but Shakespeare's style would be easier to write.



2. Shakespeare's:
Section 1-he is asking if he should compare the person he is describing to a summer's day. But he's saying that they are better than a summer's day, they are more bearable, summer can be rough and is too short.
Section 2-in this point he is describing that summer is inconsistent. it will sometimes be too hot or too shaded.
Section 3- in this point he is saying that inside the person is like summer. they won't be shaded or faded.
Section 4- he is saying that they are comparable to a summer's day and that's how it's always going to be.


Spencer:
Section 1-He is asking why his love can't outweigh his self or vice versa. In this section he is asking why he can't get her to love him. He compares himself to fire and her to ice. So why can't the fire melt the ice? Instead the ice gets harder the more the fire.
Section 2-In this section he is asking why his love doesn't get rid of him. Why doesn't the ice delay the heat, instead it makes it hotter.
Section 3- he is saying what a amazing thing it is that ice can heat up fire and fire can harden ice
Section 4- he concludes with the fact that love can alter what we think is impossible.


3. Shakespeare Sonnet 20:
A woman's face with nature's own hand painted,(A)
Hast thou, the master mistress of my passion; (B)
A woman's gentle heart, but not acquainted(A)
With shifting change, as is false women's fashion:(B)
An eye more bright than theirs, less false in rolling,(C)
Gilding the object whereupon it gazeth;(D)
A man in hue all hues in his controlling,(C)
Which steals men's eyes and women's souls amazeth.(D)
And for a woman wert thou first created;(E)
Till Nature, as she wrought thee, fell a-doting,(F)
And by addition me of thee defeated,(E)
By adding one thing to my purpose nothing.(F)
But since she prick'd thee out for women's pleasure,(G)
Mine be thy love and thy love's use their treasure.(G)
Section 1: In the first section Shakespeare is describing a young man who has the face of a woman. He has the heart of a woman, but he doesn't act like one. He doesn't react to things like they do, or have mood swings the way they do.
Section 2: In the next section he compares the young mans eyes to his. Saying they are brighter and more true than theirs. It describes the way he looks at things as though he turns them into gold. He compares men and woman saying that men fall in love with their eyes and women with their souls.
Section 3: He turns it around saying that mother nature created him but fell in love with the beautiful creature she created, so she made him for a woman to love and not a man.
Section 4: He ends with saying that because mother nature made him for women to enjoy, he can't enjoy him like he wants to.

Spencer's Sonnet:
Most glorious Lord of life, that on this day(A)
Didst make thy triumph over death and sin,(B)
And having harrowed hell, didst bring away(A)
Captivity thence captive, us to win:(B)
This joyous day, dear Lord, with joy begin,(B)
And grant that we, for whom thou diddest die,(C)
Being with thy dear blood clean washed from sin,(B)
May live forever in felicity:(C)
And that thy love we weighing worthily,(C)
May likewise love thee for the same again;(D)
And for thy sake, that all like dear didst buy,(C)
May love with one another entertain.(D)
So let us love, dear love, like as we ought,(E)
Love is the lesson which the Lord us taught.(E)
Section 1: he is explaining that there was a wonderful day, in which good overruled evil. And they are no longer captive to hell.
Section 2: He says that this was the day that joy began. And they thank the lord for dying for them and washing away their sins so they can live forever in happiness.
Section 3: He then explains that they love the Lord and the Lord loves them the same. And for him they shall love each other.
Section 4: He concludes that we should all love because that is the lesson that the Lord has taught us.

4. My Sonnet:
Why do I love thee so much?
'Tis the way thou body is shaped
The way you feel beneath my touch
The way your curves are made
Or the dented skin on your cheek
When you tend to flash me a smile
The pearly white color of your teeth
The way your eyes gleam like a child
It is the way that you talk
The conversation that we hold
I enjoy your company a lot
The emotions that I feel unfold
I love thee for thou personality
Our love will not become another casualty