Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Sonnet #147
Last Sonnet! :) Okay, I actually liked doing these sonnets. But I am just a loser with no life so that's fine. I won't count those words in my 100. In this sonnet I think the speaker is expressing that the person they're writing about has been sickened and betrayed by love. In the couplet it's saying that they thought the person to be beautiful, but actually they are "black as hell, as dark as night." So they loved and were left because they were following instructions, and ended up seeing the reality in who they thought they were in love with. Love is also described as a fever that prolongs the disease known as love. Reasoning was the doctor, but it was discovered that the desire for love can kill. I think the speaker is also saying that this sickness has made the person restless, incapable of being cured, and uncaring. I found this last sonnet to be very depressing, and the complete opposite from the beginning sonnets where the goodness of love was a main theme.
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You are a loser, but anyway you made a good point in the last sonnet. The last sonnet we studied was totally opposite than the first. Shakespeare seemed to have changed his outlook on love in his life, which reflected in his writing.
ReplyDeleteI also felt like the sonnets took a very sad turn. At first they were about life and happiness and slowly they turned into a lot of complaining and pessimism.
ReplyDelete...and you are not a loser :) that part of your post made me laugh :D