... dry you up with its flames!" (8) Such punctuation also occurs where the speaker ridicules his rival. "And a goblet for our self. . . Marked with L. for our initial!(He-he! There his lily snaps!)" (20-24) Like the lists, these exclamations occur regularly throughout the piece, indicating that the speaker's bitter emotion never slackens. Another telling form of punctuation is the question mark ... ...
... between love and youth' [1]. This seems to be the reason for including the sonnets dedicated to the 'lovely man'. Youth is described through 'a set of conventional types', i.e. "the violet", "the lily", "the damasked rose" (see Sonnet 99). "Sweet", "colour", and "fresh" are emblematic of Youth. In the same sonnet 'spring becomes meaningless to the poet because youth has gone' [1]. Another specific ... ...
... you did). It is questioned by many people validity of the references to the young man. In earlier sonnets, he has been described as smelling worse than weeds, and is a lily that festers. He has been described as "misusing his power" and has "played the speaker false" (reference). These references occur up to around sonnet 94. However, there has also been ... ...
