SONNET 19
DEVOURING TIME, BLUNT THOU THE LION'S PAWS
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THE SONNET
Devouring time, blunt thou the lion's paws
And make the earth devour her own sweet brood,
Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws
And burn the long-liv'd phoenix in her blood,
Make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleet'st,
And do what e'er thou wilt, swift-footed time,
To the wide world and all her fading sweets:
But I forbid thee one most heinous crime,
O carve not with thy hours my love's fair brow,
Nor draw no lines there with thine antique pen,
Him in thy course untainted do allow
For beauty's pattern to succeeding men. Yet do thy worst, old time, despite thy wrong, My love shall in my verse ever live young.
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THE STRUCTURE
Devouring time, blunt thou the lion's paws And make the earth devour her own sweet brood, Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws And burn the long-liv'd phoenix in her blood, Make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleet'st, And do what e'er thou wilt, swift-footed time, To the wide world and all her fading sweets: But I forbid thee one most heinous crime, O carve not with thy hours my love's fair brow, Nor draw no lines there with thine antique pen, Him in thy course untainted do allow For beauty's pattern to succeeding men. Yet do thy worst, old time, despite thy wrong, My love shall in my verse ever live young.
A B A B C D C D E F E F G G
First Quatrain = theme presentation Second Quatrain =Theme development Third Quatrain = Partial Conclusion Final Couplet = resolution/epigram
Lines: 14 (as in all sonnets) Meter: Iambic Pentameter Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
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RETHORICAL FIGURES
Devouring time, blunt thou the lion's paws
And make the earth devour her own sweet brood,
Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws
And burn the long-liv'd phoenix in her blood,
Make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleet'st,
And do what e'er thou wilt, swift-footed time,
To the wide world and all her fading sweets:
But I forbid thee one most heinous crime,
O carve not with thy hours my love's fair brow,
Nor draw no lines there with thine antique pen,
Him in thy course untainted do allow
For beauty's pattern to succeeding men. Yet do thy worst, old time, despite thy wrong, My love shall in my verse ever live young.
Personification: Metaphors: Antithesis and Paradox: The use of these rhetorical figures serves to:
- Dramatize the Struggle
- Universalize the Threat
- Exalt the Power of Poetry:
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LINKS WITH THE PRESENTS
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THE END
SONNET 19
Agata Tagliente
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SONNET 19
DEVOURING TIME, BLUNT THOU THE LION'S PAWS
start ➛
THE SONNET
Devouring time, blunt thou the lion's paws And make the earth devour her own sweet brood, Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws And burn the long-liv'd phoenix in her blood, Make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleet'st, And do what e'er thou wilt, swift-footed time, To the wide world and all her fading sweets: But I forbid thee one most heinous crime, O carve not with thy hours my love's fair brow, Nor draw no lines there with thine antique pen, Him in thy course untainted do allow For beauty's pattern to succeeding men. Yet do thy worst, old time, despite thy wrong, My love shall in my verse ever live young.
continue ➛
THE STRUCTURE
Devouring time, blunt thou the lion's paws And make the earth devour her own sweet brood, Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws And burn the long-liv'd phoenix in her blood, Make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleet'st, And do what e'er thou wilt, swift-footed time, To the wide world and all her fading sweets: But I forbid thee one most heinous crime, O carve not with thy hours my love's fair brow, Nor draw no lines there with thine antique pen, Him in thy course untainted do allow For beauty's pattern to succeeding men. Yet do thy worst, old time, despite thy wrong, My love shall in my verse ever live young.
A B A B C D C D E F E F G G
First Quatrain = theme presentation Second Quatrain =Theme development Third Quatrain = Partial Conclusion Final Couplet = resolution/epigram
Lines: 14 (as in all sonnets) Meter: Iambic Pentameter Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
continue ➛
RETHORICAL FIGURES
Devouring time, blunt thou the lion's paws And make the earth devour her own sweet brood, Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws And burn the long-liv'd phoenix in her blood, Make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleet'st, And do what e'er thou wilt, swift-footed time, To the wide world and all her fading sweets: But I forbid thee one most heinous crime, O carve not with thy hours my love's fair brow, Nor draw no lines there with thine antique pen, Him in thy course untainted do allow For beauty's pattern to succeeding men. Yet do thy worst, old time, despite thy wrong, My love shall in my verse ever live young.
Personification: Metaphors: Antithesis and Paradox: The use of these rhetorical figures serves to:
continue ➛
LINKS WITH THE PRESENTS
continue ➛
THE END