Nico Carballal, Zachery Esponda

Shakespearian Sonnet #27 Annotation

Sweet rest for

tired body.
Body is weary, but mind is
still active. His mind
continues to work while his
body fails.
His thoughts are far away
from the tough, tiring reality.
Zealous: Enthusiastic diction
from a tired man. Everything
before has been dull, but
zealous is more energetic.
Consonance:
Emphasizing
s sound in
order to gain
attention
and stress
his need.

Problem: Writer is
physically tired. Hes
returning from journey
that was taxing physically.

Effective imagery
of how he feels.

Diction: A jewel
stands out vividly
when compared
to a dark, ghastly
night.

She makes the dark, meaningless

black night shiny and beautiful.
Spondee: Signals that the
end is coming, and it
surprises the reader to
gain attention for the final,
meaningful lines.

End-stop: Idea suddenly

/ U /
U / U
/ U / U
a
Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed,
changes from wearisome
fatigue to a new journey
U
/ U / U / U / U /
The dear repose for limbs with travel tired; b
His bodys work is done,
/
U / U / U / U / U
but his minds job is not.
a
But then begins a journey in my head
U / U
/
U
/ U /
U /
Diction: The tired man is willing to
To work my mind, when bodys works expired: b
put in the exhausting effort of a
U
/ U
/
U /
U / U/
c pilgrimage to reach his beloved.
For then my thoughtsfrom far where I abide
Development: The
Another character
U / U / U / U / U /
d
beloved character
Intend a zealous pilgrimage to thee,
is introduced.
manages to keep the
U
/ U
/ U / U / U /
mans tired body awake.
And keep my drooping eyelids open wide, c
He sees nothing like a blind man (because
U / U / U
/ U /
U /
Looking on darkness which the blind do see: d he has his eyes closed).
U /
U / U / U / / U e Dream Problem: He wants to see her even
Save that my souls imaginary sight /Vision
though his eyes are closed. Shows how
U /
U / U / U / U /
needy he his to see his beloved again.
Presents thy shadow to my sightless view, f
Simile: The contrast of a jewel to a pitch
U
/ U / U / U / U /
black image provides great imagery of
Which, like a jewel hung in ghastly night, e
how stunning he views his beloved.
U
/
U
/ U
/ U / U /
Makes black night beauteous, and her old face new. f Her image has been inserted into
his head, and he cant stop
/ /
U / U
/
U / U /
thinking about it.
Lo! Thus, by day my limbs, by night my mind, g

U /
U / U / U / U /
For thee, and for myself, no quiet find. g
The two characters cannot find a peace
without one another. They are unable
to rest their minds until they see each
other once again.

Point of View: Tired,

weary man (Journeyer)
-Spoken in first person
-Spoken to his beloved
First Quatrain:
Presents problem in reality
which is that the speaker
has returned from a hard,
physically tiring journey.
He constantly repeats how
tired he is, and it is now
time for his mind to work.

Reminds the audience of the tasking

work he must do at all times of day.

Assonance: The repeated sound of the I shows their

desperate need for one another. It shows their anxiety
and unease until the day they see each other once again,
Paradox: Shadows come from light,
so when no light is coming into the
mans closed eyes, shadows should
not be able to come.

Second Quatrain:
Introduces that the
speaker is talking to
someone. He wishes to
reach his beloved, and
even though he is tired, he
is haunted by the thought
of her.

Third Quatrain:
Asks for the beloved to
show herself to him in his
sightless view. Her image
in his head contrasts
magnificently against the
blackness. He desperately
needs to see her again.

Couplet:
Finally, the speaker states
that throughout day and
night, he and his beloved
are haunted by the
thoughts of one another
while they are separated in
two different places.