AubreyBabala

Mrs.Gardner
English10H/Period6
11September2016
AnalysisofSonnet153
Sonnet153tellsanengagingstoryaboutCupidandhisfirethatcontainslove,usingmany
differenttypesofcolorfuldiction.InthefourlinesWilliamShakespearewritesofwhenCupidfallsasleep
nexttohistorchamaidofDiansstealsthelovekindlingfireandputsitinacoldvalleyfountain
ofthatground.Thesefourlinesencloseeyecatchingdictionbetweenthelovekindlingfireandthe
coldvalleyfountainthereaderofthissonnetisdrawntocontinuereading.Thefollowingfourlines
indicatethatthefountainnowcontainsthedatelesslivelyheatfromtheholyfireoflovemencome
totheseethingbathinsearchforacureagainststrangemaladies.ThedictionthatShakespeareuses
inthesefourlinesisinformationalforthereader.Thereaderhasalreadybeenpulledinbythe
eyecatchingdictionandtheyarenowreceivingtheinformationaldictionthatisneededfortherestofthe
sonnettocometogether.Thesucceedingtwolinestellofhowthemistresseyelovesbrandnewfire
andCupidfortrialneedswouldtouchthechestofthespeaker.Thetwoshortlinesarestill
informationalhowever,theyalsoconsistoftransitionaldictionthatisrequiredforthefinaleofthe
sonnet.InthefinalfourlinesShakespearewritesofhowthespeakerthegetsillwithlove,thehelpof
bahdesired,soonthespeakerbecomesasaddistemperedguestwhichmeanshedoesnotlikethe
overwhelmingfeelingoflove.Thespeakerfoundnocureinthebath,forthecureiswhereCupidgot
newfireinthemistresseyes.Intheselastfourlinesthereisalongingdictionthatisused.Thedeep
wantforthecureofbeinglovesickisalongingwordslikedesiredandhelpcreatealonging.Sonnet
153usesdifferenttypesofdictiontotellastoryoflove.