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Sonnet Analysis
Sonnet Analysis
Ms.Gardner
English10H
3September2015
In
sonnet82,rhetoriciswastedonhislovesbeauty:simplewordsarebetterat
showingtruebeautythanornatewording.Usingofsubtleimageryandsoftdiction
WilliamShakespearefightstheneedforornatewording.Thesoftersoundofuseand
hueareprevalentthroughoutthesonnetgivingamorepeacefultonetothework.
Thesesoundssuggestthatevensimplewordscangiveadeeperbeautythanother
morecomplexsounds.Insomeplacesharshersoundingdictionisusedrhetoricand
betteringgivingcontrasttotheoveralldictioninthework.Theharshsoundsdepict
themorecomplexwordingasharsherandmoreunpleasanttohearthanthesimpler
words.Imageryofagrosspaintingreadsassomethingthatshouldbebeautifulbutit
isgross.Contracitroywordinggivestheideaofagrosspaintingunpleasanttothink
off.Therootofthispaintingcomesfromthemisuseofcolorfulimageryandwording,
givingitanunpleasantsound.Overuseofmoreornatewordingfordescriptionwillbe
detrimentaltothosewhoaretrulybeautiful,ascolorfulrhetoricwillnevermatchtheir
beauty.Yetthistruthwontstoppoetsfromdoingso,astheyareoblivioustotheir
misuse.