Thursday, May 10, 2012

What are some examples of figures of speech in "Sonnet 29"?

Personification is used to
describe heaven as deaf to the speaker's futile
cries:



And
trouble deaf heaven  (line
3)



In line 12
personification is also used when earth is described as
"sullen."


A simile is used to
describe the speaker's joy when he thinks about his
beloved:



. .
.and then my, state,


Like to the lark at break of day
arising


From sullen earth .
.



A
metaphor is used to compare the "sweet love" of the beloved
to "wealth."


These figures of speech serve to contrast the
speaker's melancholy state of mind with his joy when he remembers that he is truly lucky
to have the love of such a one as his beloved.

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