Sonnet 108

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William Shakespeare
This sonnet is about how you should be constant in faith and God. Also, not to care about the toils and snares of life and don’t let those things get the best of you because you will get caught in them so fast you will not know what is going on, so be careful. It also talks about how age is of no concern for the true beauty of man and woman and it is very inspiring to describe a woman as young. Never let your love, age, feelings, companionship, and appearance take control of your life, because life will take it and make it dead. Meaning that the world will take every living thing you have and throw it in the garbage. Don’t ever let the world take stuff you have that is precious to you and your spouse if you have one. So onward to the summary and do a little short summary of this fabulous sonnet.
Basically, the main idea of this sonnet is you should never let age get in the way of your true goals. Meaning that you should never give on what you want to strive for in life. Also, never let love die out for God’s match for you no matter how she might treat you later on in life. Saying that you should never settle for second best. You should always describe the feelings of your loved one, but to an extent. Meaning don’t go too far with your flattering words, because you might drive her away from you. Into depth, she might not like you talking to like that all the time, sometimes you just need to cool it and let her, but never forget her as a friend.

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First things first, the form or structure of this sonnet is Shakespearean Elizabethan. The rhyme scheme of this sonnet is ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GG. And the rhyming couplet at the end is a huge turn from your beautiful and frothy to my love for you i...

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...that this sonnet arouses the curiosity of oneself. Always be aware of things around you, because if you don’t you will get caught in them. And never let the toils of age get the best of you, live your life to the best of your abilities and while doing it, have fun with it too. Imagery is all throughout this sonnet and a big majority of his sonnets too. Meaning he likes to convey images to you in your mind sometimes, so basically he wants you to think of what he is trying to say to you but in your head. So, don’t things hurt you and think very positive all the time and never thing’s get the best of you and never ever think negative. Thinking negative will get you nowhere in life, it will just simply just make things worse for you. He also has a very strange diction in this sonnet, basically meaning word choice.

Works cited
Shakespeare, William. “Sonnet 108”. Print

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