... to a summer's day?" has a lyrical tone. The sonnet could be appropriate for singing because of its melodic flow and theme. The mood is set to express Shakespeare's feelings toward his lover. Shakespeare creates a feeling of love and warmth with his sweet sequence, such as, "Thou art more lovely and more temperate"(line 2). Shakespeare depicts this tone with images of sunny summer days, heaven, gold ... , and nature as a whole. In comparison, "Acquainted with the Night" has a somber tone with which Frost describes the "night." He ... last for "as long as men breathe or eyes can see"(line...

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... the fact that she cannot wipe the blood stains of Duncan off her hands. She says this right after the murder, when Macbeth was feeling guilty, and her guilty conscience grows stronger. She rubs the imaginary blood of her hands to rid herself of the guilt. Shakespeare proves that the symbol of blood has ... meanings. . At the end of the play, Shakespeare shows the most vivid example of guilt using the symbol of blood. Macbeth has Macduff at his mercy, and lets him go, because of his guilt. He shows that he is guilty, when he says "But get thee back, my soul is too much charg'd ... with b...

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... be achieved for "my love-- the young man- by means of verses in his poetry. There's a clear relation between structure and content. The purpose of the poem is clarity, simplicity and directness. DETAILED ANALYSIS In the 1st line the poet makes use of a recorded proverb of the age, "Time ... legend that lived 500 years , then died in flames, to rise again from ashes- and a syntactic parallelism shows this idea of immortality more easily. In line 6 there's an imperative form "do whatever followed by thou wilt - - a deviation in the metre pattern that reinforces the rethorical force of th...

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... decision of her husband without any input in the affair. She says to Juliet "Talk not to me, for I"ll not speak a word. Do as thou wilt, for I have done with thee." Lady Capulet knows that she must not go against anything said by her husband, for if she did there ... as is shown by the gender of this angel. This fantasy's conclusion comes in Act 5 Scene 1 when Romeo dreams that Juliet has awakened him from death and made him an emperor, a supremely patriarchal role (6-10). Juliet takes part in the same fantasy in Act 3 Scene 2 when she speaks of immortality in her ... cry, Give me to m...

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• Grade Level: High School