Thyself, dost strive all minds that way to move, That inward sun in thine eyes shineth so. Of reason, from whose light those night-birds fly Not by rude force, but sweetest sovereignty There shall he find all vices’ overthrow, Stella, those fair lines which true goodness show. But for me, the effect it has is of a sense of loving someone else when you can't love yourself loving them so deeply that you see them as a shining light in a dark world that will one day forget you.Let him but learn of love to read in thee, I don't know what the effect of that is for anyone else, or even what the intended effect is.
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This appears to be the key statement of the poem: In a world so full of sadness and impermanence, the poet would rather be forgotten altogether than have his memory be a source of more sadness for the listener. Now, let's look at what he's saying about those "sweet thoughts:"įor I love you so / That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot / If thinking on me then should make you woe. So what do we have? A beloved person whose "sweet thoughts" live in the middle of a world full of bitterness. The one thing that has any sense of positivity is her mind and feelings.Įven the writer himself is disregarded: note that when he speaks of himself or of his own hand, those nouns get no adjectives at all he is of no importance, he himself is nothing but clay and a "poor name." What is the cumulative effect of all these images and descriptors? It seems to me to add up to a sense of the world as a sad, ugly place, filled with rot and unpleasantness.Īnd yet, right in the middle of it, the word "sweet," which describes not a person or a thing, but the very thoughts of the poet's beloved. If you're asking what effect is the poet trying to achieve, well, let's look at the words and images he chooses in this poem: Do you mean what is he trying to express? Or are you asking what effect the poem has upon the reader? Because if it's the latter, it's pretty subjective it'll be different for different people. I'm also unclear on what you mean by "effect," exactly. There are a number of other subs that discuss the various theories that someone other than the man from Stratford wrote the works attributed to William Shakespeare. Shakespeare may have been a master at murdering people with words, but as the late, great Chadwick Boseman said, "We don't do that here." Keep it civil, please. Homework questions that fail to meet these requirements will be removed. Don't just drop the question and come back later looking for the answer. We appreciate when you stick around and get involved in the discussion, also. Please bring your own work to the party, showing us what effort you've already made to answer the question, rather than just copying the question straight from your assignment. If you're here looking for homework help, please flair your question as such. Please read and respect the rules surrounding homework questions! The Rules From academic takes on iambic pentameter to picking out the dirty jokes, there's always space for you here.
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