Sonnet 91 Questions and Answers

As a way of beginning to answer this question, you might want to focus on the final rhyming couplet that concludes this excellent poem. Let us remind ourselves of what it says: Wretched in this...

The turn in a sonnet refers to a shift in focus or thought. The turn is in fact a metaphor, as the speaker is metaphorically "turning" from one thing to another. In this excellent sonnet which acts...

This sonnet, like many others by Shakespeare, concerns itself with how we define ourselves and what gives us glory and greatness in the eyes of the world. The poem begins by listing examples of...