Shakespeare’s sonnets explore themes of love, aging, beauty, time, lust, societal obligations, and feelings of incompetence. He uses symbols such as stars, trees, flowers, and weather to convey the turbulent nature of human relationships and the delicate nature of life and beauty. Shakespeare also explores the conflict between true love and sexual desire, the harmful […]
Shakespearean couplets are two-line rhymed remarks found in Shakespeare’s works, including sonnets and plays. Sonnet couplets provide an answer or commentary on the poem’s theme. Rhyming couplets have the same ending sound, while heroic couplets are written in iambic pentameter. Blank verse is also used, sometimes paired with rhyming couplets for dramatic effect. The term […]
