How does Shakespeare’s understanding of the Sonnet help him get his message across in sonnet 130?
In this poem Shakespeare has used a sonnet form with a volta at the end to get his message across. Throughout the start of the sonnet shakespeare criticizes his mistress to the point where you doubt his love for her. But, he then uses his volta, the last two lines, to say “And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare.” this shows us that though she is not the most attractive he loves her despite her flaws making his love one of the truests kinds.
Ozymandias
1. Develop a response
It feels kind of lonely as though someone is alone in the dessert with lots of old statues
2. Check the meaning of the words you don’t understand
Visage – Face
3. Notice structure
iambic pentameter, pattern
4. Explore language effects
person, tense