Sonnets Group at eNotes http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/group The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the Sonnets Group at eNotes. Sun, 4 May 2008 18:35:07 en-us <![CDATA[Another example of personification is "eye of heaven."  Just...]]> http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/what-an-example-personification-sonnet-18-23239 http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/what-an-example-personification-sonnet-18-23239 Sun, 4 May 2008 18:35:07 PST <![CDATA[The sonnet goes like this:Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou...]]> http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/what-an-example-personification-sonnet-18-23239 http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/what-an-example-personification-sonnet-18-23239 Sun, 4 May 2008 16:18:17 PST <![CDATA[What is an example of personification in Sonnet 18?]]> http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/what-an-example-personification-sonnet-18-23239 http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/what-an-example-personification-sonnet-18-23239 Sun, 4 May 2008 12:53:40 PST <![CDATA[A primary theme of the poem is the impermanence of human endeavor and...]]> http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/what-theme-some-literary-devices-used-percy-bysshe-21545 http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/what-theme-some-literary-devices-used-percy-bysshe-21545 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:04:20 PST <![CDATA[What is the theme and some of the literary devices used in Percy Bysshe...]]> http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/what-theme-some-literary-devices-used-percy-bysshe-21545 http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/what-theme-some-literary-devices-used-percy-bysshe-21545 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:05:12 PST <![CDATA[I feel a little strange bcos the others who hav replied are teachers and...]]> http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/im-getting-married-would-like-use-one-os-2498 http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/im-getting-married-would-like-use-one-os-2498 Wed, 2 Apr 2008 17:23:06 PST <![CDATA[Sidney's sonnets 31 and 75 are part of a story entitled Astrophil and...]]> http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/what-explanation-sonnet-31-and-75-by-sir-philip-19199 http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/what-explanation-sonnet-31-and-75-by-sir-philip-19199 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:21:12 PST <![CDATA[What is the explanation of Sonnet 31 & 75 by Sir Philip Sidney? ]]> http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/what-explanation-sonnet-31-and-75-by-sir-philip-19199 http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/what-explanation-sonnet-31-and-75-by-sir-philip-19199 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:54:09 PST <![CDATA[Sir Philip Sidney was the great-nephew of Robert Dudley, with whom...]]> http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/sir-philip-sidney-what-was-happen-his-life-that-18439 http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/sir-philip-sidney-what-was-happen-his-life-that-18439 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:36:07 PST <![CDATA[What was happening in Sidney's life to inspire him to write Sonnet 39?]]> http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/sir-philip-sidney-what-was-happen-his-life-that-18439 http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/sir-philip-sidney-what-was-happen-his-life-that-18439 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:32:29 PST <![CDATA[Sonnet 116 is a perfect choice for your wedding.  I used it in mine as...]]> http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/im-getting-married-would-like-use-one-os-2498 http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/im-getting-married-would-like-use-one-os-2498 Sat, 8 Mar 2008 11:18:16 PST <![CDATA[The 'Summer's day' is a perfect example, Shakespeare is using the...]]> http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/need-help-with-shakespeares-sonnet-18-metaphors-9603 http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/need-help-with-shakespeares-sonnet-18-metaphors-9603 Thu, 6 Mar 2008 04:17:35 PST <![CDATA[the poet  compares a summer day to his beloved]]> http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/can-you-sum-up-sonnet-18-have-trouble-2640 http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/can-you-sum-up-sonnet-18-have-trouble-2640 Tue, 4 Mar 2008 02:45:07 PST <![CDATA[ Answer continued from above:His feelings for this mistress range from...]]> http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/what-was-sonnet-young-man-dark-lady-about-13075 http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/what-was-sonnet-young-man-dark-lady-about-13075 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:10:04 PST <![CDATA["Out of the 154 sonnets that Shakespeare wrote, 126 seem to be...]]> http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/what-was-sonnet-young-man-dark-lady-about-13075 http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/what-was-sonnet-young-man-dark-lady-about-13075 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:06:20 PST <![CDATA[The themes of this sonnet, and of the two that follow, are both love and...]]> http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/what-s-theme-for-sonnet-40-by-shakespear-16831 http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/what-s-theme-for-sonnet-40-by-shakespear-16831 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 06:10:13 PST <![CDATA[What's the theme for "Sonnet 40" by Shakespeare?]]> http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/what-s-theme-for-sonnet-40-by-shakespear-16831 http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/what-s-theme-for-sonnet-40-by-shakespear-16831 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:13:14 PST <![CDATA["Death's second self" refers to night, and is just a...]]> http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/sonnet-73-what-meaning-deaths-second-self-line-8-16563 http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/sonnet-73-what-meaning-deaths-second-self-line-8-16563 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:25:55 PST <![CDATA[In Shakespeare's Sonnet 73, what is the meaning of "Death's second...]]> http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/sonnet-73-what-meaning-deaths-second-self-line-8-16563 http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/sonnet-73-what-meaning-deaths-second-self-line-8-16563 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:19:08 PST <![CDATA[In this line, "Death" is being used primarily as...]]> http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/what-type-figure-speech-used-sonnet-18-line-11-16367 http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/q-and-a/what-type-figure-speech-used-sonnet-18-line-11-16367 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:56:00 PST