XH ENGLISH

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Monday, December 5, 2011

English Honors 12/5/11

"Not the marble, nor the gilded monuments" (#55) by: William and Shakespeare
Point:
- Words will outlast man made objects
- Writers can keep things perserved forever
-Those written in poetry can be immortalized
- His love in the poem can withstand things that objects like stautues and gold can't
- could be about LOVE- not particulary about a person- personified throughout the poem
-could be about POETRY
-could be about a PERSON- persona's lover

Literary Aspects
-Sluttish- (english def.) dirty, careless, unkept, (modern def.) lewd ---> love withstands "sluttish" times
- (if believe that the poem is about love)Love uses personification throughout the poem
After reading the modern translation:
-About poerty and how the poetry is the persona's love

"Loving in Truth, and Fain in Verse My Love to Show" by: Sir Philip Sidney
- Written: Not iambic, hexameter
- Rhyme Scheme: ababababcacadd
Home work: Reread poem and answer questions 1-11 on pg. 59 (25 min)

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