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  • DesireeChampagneTerrellMs.GardnerEnglish10H,Period412September2014

    SonnetAnalysisInsonnet96,thepoetapologizesforhisloverslustfulnesswhileexploringthepower

    ofhisloversbeauty,hefindsthevirtuesinhisloversfaults.TheexpressivemetaphorsandtheatricaldictionportrayWilliamShakespearesbattlewithhisloversstrayingdesires.Theopulentuseofthemetaphor:Asonthefingerofathronedqueen/Thebasestjewelwillbewellesteem'd,emphasizeshowcharminghisloversfaultsareseenasbecauseofthemanastoundingbeauty.Thislinesuggestsasortofjealousyinthepoet,whopairsincomparisontohisbeloved,eventheplainestthingisdeemedimportantonhispartner.Shakespeareclaimssomepeoplesayhisloversfaultiswantonnessamischievous,butadamagingtonecomesfromtherichdictionhere,thepoetbelievesthathisloversflirty,lustfulwaysseemtocrossthelinebetweenendearingandcharmingtoodangerous.WhenShakespearegoesontosay:Howmanylambsmightthesternwolfbetray,/Iflikealambhecouldhislookstranslate!heishighlightingthewayhislovercouldbeseenasapredatorstalkingitsprey,withavillainousgrace.Thispoemseemstobeawarningfortheinnocentpeoplehislovermighttrytotempt.Butthen,whydoesShakespearestaywiththisnefariousman?Itisallansweredinasmoothassonanceinthesecondtolastline:Butdonotso,Ilovetheeinsuchsort,thelover,forallhisfaultsandgraces,haslowselfesteem,heuseshispromiscuitytomakehimfeelbetterabouthimself.However,Shakespeare,inthisconcludingline,iscooingtohim,likeamothertoanupsetchild,tomakehimfeelokay,tolethimknowthatShakespearefindsthegracesinallofhisloversfaults.