Shakespeare's Writing Style Of Sonnet 76

Poetry, a form of writing that can be viewed as a whole other language in itself. It is an intricate and carefully devised message delivered in a beautifully compact and occasionally vague manner. Very few can speak, or write in this exquisite language, yet within this few one stands strong. This man is none other than William Shakespeare, the poet behind the alluringly, political Sonnet 76. In this poem, he conveyed his feelings about the style of his writings. Growing up in the Elizabethan era had substantial influence over his speech along with his writing style; often speaking in poetic tongue. Shakespeare uses “the speaker” as a means to address his frustration with monotonous repetition and scarcity in creativity, thus omitting his direct involvement in composing it. In the first two lines of the sonnet The Speaker stated: “Why is my verse so barren of new pride, / So far from variation or quick change?” (1-2). Here, The Speaker addresses the dilemma of Shakespeare’s poems being

He represents the influence that was produced from the Elizabethan era, but it was through the intricacy of poetry that he used to his advantage. By adding in his own writing skills and styles, he was able to effectively convey his feelings into his sonnets. Through the use of iambic pentameter style along with his own version of constructing the “Shakespearean” style of writing the sonnets and a mixture of metaphor comparisons gives emphasis, a lyrical tone, and various meanings of the terms “love” and “you”. This technique of Shakespeare’s writing style is important for his poetry because this allows him to separate himself from the other poets, making the reader know that he, himself, made the poem and relating his poems to love with his mixture of his own de facto unique writing style makes it recognizable that Shakespeare created