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I have always felt a passion for poetry, constantly writing when I am inspired by nature, people, and emotions. During our unit of poetry, we as a class worked on analyzing the Sonnet form of poetry, and in particular, William Shakespeare's infamous Sonnets. Sonnet 18 is one of the most famous works of poetry that we analyzed and applied rhetorical devices to. In analyzing this poem, I applied the Common Core Standard L.9-10.5, which requires the understanding of figurative language, relationships, and nuances in word meaning.
I began by dissecting the parts of the Sonnet, which include an introduction to a problem, a turning point, and some sort of resolution or conclusion. I had to be able to understand what Shakespeare was suggesting implicitly, and try to make sense of his word use. Pulling quotes from the poem itself strengthened my points by adding explicit information.
At the end of my analysis, I had to identify examples of the rhetorical devices alliteration, assonance, internal rhyme, and personification. I had to read deeper into the poem to be able to find these devices, as they are not explicit or constant. Shakespeare keeps these poetic devices subtle to add a deeper meaning to the poem, as well as requiring the reader to focus in on the nuances of his wording and what he implicitly means.
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