by melaniewp | Jun 3, 2013 | GCSE, IGCSE, Model Essays, Shakespeare, Sonnet 129, Sonnet 147, Sonnets
Compare the ways in which Shakespeare presents attitudes to love in Sonnets 129 and Sonnet 147.The English Sonnet in the Shakespearean period typically takes love as its topic. Wyatt’s renditions of the famous Petrarchan modes are of love at a distance, where the...
by melaniewp | Jun 3, 2013 | GCSE, IGCSE, Shakespeare, Sonnet 129, Sonnets, Whoso List to Hunt, Wyatt
Shakespeare wrote many famous love poems. Here’s one he wrote about lust, and Wyatt’s poem below, which may have inspired some of the imagery.The sonnet is below, with a translation.SONNET 129William ShakespeareThe expense of spirit in a waste of shameIs...
