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    In sonnet 65, the poet villainizes time: William Shakespeare reveals the corruptive nature of time and its impulse to seize what it gifts. The personification of "summer's breath" in the midst of this forceful tone was compelling because it shifted the tone so quickly from fierce to soft and back again to fierce as if to catch the reader off guard. As the sonnet begins to come to an end, the poet dials down his brash tone to a more delicate one using precise

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    In sonnet 65, the poet villainizes time: William Shakespeare reveals the corruptive nature of time and its impulse to seize what it gifts. The personification of "summer's breath" in the midst of this forceful tone was compelling because it shifted the tone so quickly from fierce to soft and back again to fierce as if to catch the reader off guard. As the sonnet begins to come to an end, the poet dials down his brash tone to a more delicate one using precise

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    In sonnet 65, the poet villainizes time: William Shakespeare reveals the corruptive nature of time and its impulse to seize what it gifts. The personification of "summer's breath" in the midst of this forceful tone was compelling because it shifted the tone so quickly from fierce to soft and back again to fierce as if to catch the reader off guard. As the sonnet begins to come to an end, the poet dials down his brash tone to a more delicate one using precise

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    Gill1

    JashanGill
    Ms.Gardner
    HonorsEnglish10,Period6
    8September2015
    TimesImmensePower

    Insonnet65,thepoetvillainizestime:WilliamShakespearerevealsthecorruptivenatureoftime
    anditsimpulsetoseizewhatitgifts.Shakespearescontrastofpowerfuldictiontogentledictionportrays
    thecontrastofTimesmanyroles.Theboldexamplesofcapableobjectshegivesnorstone,norearth,
    norboundlesssea,displayTimesinevitablecontrolovertheworldandhowstrongforcescant
    overcomethesimplicityofTime.However,thepersonificationofsummersbreathinthemidstofthis
    forcefultonewascompellingbecauseitshiftedthetonesoquicklyfromfiercetosoftandbackagainto
    fierceasiftocatchthereaderoffguard.ThisshiftsignifiesthetwosidestoTime,humanetomalicious,
    bothofwhichopposeoneanother.Asthesonnetbeginstocometoanend,thepoetdialsdownhisbrash
    tonetoamoredelicateoneusingprecisedictionsuchas,bestjewel,beauty,miracle,love,and
    bright.ThedictionrevealsthateventhoughTimecomesoffasdestructiveanddeceiving,itstilldoes
    manyfavorablethingsthatreflectpositivelyontheconditionsoflife.
    TheconstantmetaphorictoneofTimesincomparablepowerovereverythingisamainthemein
    Shakespearespoem.ShakespearecreativelycomparesordinarilydurableobjectstoTimeandagainnota
    singlethingcanovercomeTime.Thequote,Whenrockimpregnablearenotsostout,/Norgatesofsteel
    sostrongbuttimedecays?issignificantbecauseShakespearedoeswhathenormallydoesinthis
    particularsonnetandliststhemanythingsthatcannotstandagainstTime,buthealsoclearlystatesthat
    Timedoesnotstop,itwillcontinuetorotallthatitcan.Timeisthekeeperofwillandstatedinthe
    sonnet,TimesbestjewelfromTimeschestliehid?,Timeishidingsomethingimportant.Thisone


    Gill2

    jewelcouldbebeauty,life,youth,anyofthepleasuresoflife,butbeasitis,Shakespearebelievesthat
    throughamiracleblackinkmylovemaystillshinebright..Thepoetbelievesthatthroughhiswriting
    lovewilloverpowerTime.ButthatleavesthequestionofwhooverseesloveasTimeoverseesallelse?Is
    lovethehiddenjewel,theoneexceptiontoescapeTimesdemise?Shakespearecarefullyinserts
    insightfuldictionandmetaphorictonestoestablishanideaofwhatTimesabilities,strengths,andlimits
    reallyare.ThroughTimesweakness,thepoetdisplayshislovebeautifullythroughhiswriting.

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