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  1. This poem, as sonnets follow, has 14 rhyming lines written in iambic pentameter. It is a blend of both the Shakespearean and Petrarchan sonnet. It can be divided into three quatrains and a rhyming couplet as deemed by Shakespeare, following its rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg. However, it also can beRead more

    This poem, as sonnets follow, has 14 rhyming lines written in iambic pentameter. It is a blend of both the Shakespearean and Petrarchan sonnet. It can be divided into three quatrains and a rhyming couplet as deemed by Shakespeare, following its rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg. However, it also can be divided into an octave and a sestet as per a Petrarchan sonnet as well.

     

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  1. 1. Alliteration: Some examples would be ‘roof against the rain’, ‘many a man is making’ and ‘lack of love alone’. 2. Apostrophe: In the line ‘I might be driven to sell your love for peace’, the persona is directly addressing their lover. 3. Personification: In the line ‘Yet many a man is making frieRead more

    1. Alliteration: Some examples would be ‘roof against the rain’, ‘many a man is making’ and ‘lack of love alone’.

    2. Apostrophe: In the line ‘I might be driven to sell your love for peace’, the persona is directly addressing their lover.

    3. Personification: In the line ‘Yet many a man is making friends with death’, death is personified.

     

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  1. The central idea of the poem is the triviality of love. As well detailed by the persona, it is not a basic necessity for one to survive. Yet, the poem brings out how people covet it all the same. love is not all summary

    The central idea of the poem is the triviality of love. As well detailed by the persona, it is not a basic necessity for one to survive. Yet, the poem brings out how people covet it all the same.

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