Sonnet 153

Figurative Language
/ U U / U / U / / U Imagery
Cupid laid by his brand and fell asleep: A
PROBLEM

As well as the great imagery in this line, Vivid Diction

U / U/ / U/ / / U
B there is also an clear sound of the k Allusion
A maid of Dian's this advantage found,
U U / / U/ / U / / / sound that just takes the meaning of the
And his love-kindling fire did quickly steep A words and just exaggerates it and makes
UU / / U / U UU / the sound more dramatic.
In a cold valley-fountain of that ground; B
/ / / U U U/ / U / Intense sounds of f
Which borrowed from this holy fire of Love, C and v
U/ / U / / / UU /
A dateless lively heat, still to endure, D
U U U / / U / / U / Hyperbole: Fire
DEVELOPMENT

And grew a seething bath, which yet men prove C in a fountain

U / / / U / UU / / History: Men still go to cannot literally
Against strange maladies a sovereign cure. D the water as help to make the water
/ / U / / U U / / U cure illness. boil.
But at my mistress' eye Love's brand new-fired, E
U U U / / U / U / Personification:Just looking at a
The boy for trial needs would touch my breast; F womans eyes cannot literally produce
/ / U/ U U UU / U fire. The poet is trying to say that his
I, sick withal, the help of bath desired, E mistress eyes are vibrant and that to
U U U / U / / / U / him, they are powerful and can
And thither hied, a sad distempered guest, F produce the fire of love.
Consonants such
/ U U / U / U U / / as d and t make
But found no cure, the bath for my help lies G
SOLUTION

this line pop. Thematic Statement: The theme of love is

U U / U / / U / / / unstoppable in sonnet 153. The only thing that
Where Cupid got new fire; my mistress' eyes. G seems to conquer love is love of the the
mistress eye itself.