Identify the theme and use of figurative language. Note sonnets with similar themes. Does the couplet offer a solution or reinforce theme? Look at Shakespeare’s Sonnets 1,2, 12, and 18.
Sources:
Shakespeare’s Sonnets 1 – https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50643/sonnet-1-from-fairest-creatures-we-desire-increase
Shakespeare’s Sonnets 2 – https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50423/sonnet-2-when-forty-winters-shall-besiege-thy-brow
Shakespeare’s Sonnets 12 – https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/90067/sonnet-12-when-i-do-count-the-clock-that-tells-the-time-578cfa272532b
Shakespeare’s Sonnets 18 – https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45087/sonnet-18-shall-i-compare-thee-to-a-summers-day
Including lines for examples would help a lot!
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