Desiree Champagne-Terrell

Ms. Gardner
English 10H, Period 4
12 September 2014
Repetition:
emphasizes how
fault and grace can
go hand in hand;
you cant have one
without the other.
Consonance: to
emphasize the hard
truths.
Diction: The most basic jewel.
The author is saying that even
the most basic of jewels is seen
as important on a queens
finger.

Metaphor: The lamb stands for

innocence and the wolf:
temptation. This metaphor is
saying that the person the
author is speaking to would
betray and temp many innocent
people if he could charm them
or look like them.

Diction: the error is his

flaws which in him, are
seen as beautiful
because of his charm

Sonnet 96
Some say thy fault is youth, some wantonness;A
Some say thy grace is youth and gentle sport;B
Both grace and faults are lov'd of more and less:A
Thou mak'st faults graces that to thee resort.B
As on the finger of a throned queenC
The basest jewel will be well esteem'd,D
So are those errors that in thee are seenC
To truths translated, and for true things deem'd.D
How many lambs might the stern wolf betray,E
If like a lamb he could his looks translate!F
How many gazers mightst thou lead away,E
If thou wouldst use the strength of all thy state!F
But do not so, I love thee in such sort,G
As thou being mine, mine is thy good report

Diction: Wantonness is referring to the

characters lustfulness and gentle sport
is referring to the characters charm.
Both are because he is young.

Contradict themselves

Claim
Metaphor: the author
is saying that the
most basic jewel
would be regarded as
important if it were on
the finger of a queen.
Diction: The author uses
gazers to describe how
gullible the public is for looking
upon the youth and judging him
for his appearance and not
what in beneath the surface.
Assonance: in the concluding
stanza the author uses
assonance to convey the gentle
reluctance with which he admits
his continued fondness for the
youth.