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Shakespeare Sonnet 43 finds the speaker musing on the transformative powers of his poetic muse. She can turn night into day, while ordinary vision fails to inspire.

Shakespeare Sonnet 47 dramatizes the unity of the "heart" and "eye" of the speaker/artist-a "league" which satisfies as it enhances the sensibilities of the artist.

In sonnet 48, the speaker dramatizes the effects of an audience whose poverty of intelligence and faith might culminate in disdain for his dedicated art.

Addressing his muse, the poet/speaker warns that he will do whatever it takes to secure himself from any possible future loss of inspiration.

Sonnets 18-126 are often misidentified as being addressed to a "young man." Actually, the speaker is exploring the many aspects of his writing talent.

Sonnet 45 focuses on how the lighter qualities of air and fire play on the speaker's moods and attitudes, as he contemplates the state of his creativity.

In Shakespeare sonnet 46, the speaker explores and dramatizes the conflict between two sensibilities: the aesthetic sense or "eye" vs. pure feeling or "heart."

In sonnet 39, the speaker dramatizes a division between himself and his poem, in order to think lovingly about the value of the poem without slipping into solipsism.

The speaker/poet of Sonnet 36 again addresses his poem, dramatizing the unique duality of unity and separation, as the artist experiences those two phenomena.

In Sonnet 38, the speaker makes a distinction between his talent and his "Muse."

In sonnet 44, the ever-cogitative speaker contemplates the meaning of space and distance from the beloved, as he dramatizes the differences between flesh and thought.

The speaker is contemplating the unified nature of art and artist. He addresses his talent, personifying it as a lover who has tried to pursue his mistress, the poem.

The speaker addresses his sonnet as a father would a son, dramatizing how the speaker's life is enhanced in multifaceted ways by his written creations.

The speaker in sonnet 73 employs three different metaphors to describe his aging process: a tree, a day, and a fire; his purpose is to emphasize the strength of love.

The extended metaphor of sonnet 33 dramatizes clouds hiding the sun. The sun represents the speaker's writing talent or muse, and the clouds are lulls in inspiration.

In Sonnet 35, the speaker addresses the writer's block or failure of his muse to inspire him, but he realizes that along with the positive, always comes the negative.

Sonnet 40 exemplifies the hiatus from unity taken by the speaker that he declared in Sonnet 39, but instead of praising the poem, he appears to chiding it.

Sonnet 34 portrays with an extended metaphor of weather, sun, and clouds the crests and troughs of the ever-evolving activity of the speaker's writing talent.

In sonnet 41, the speaker addresses his poem, dramatizing the differences between true poetic qualities and license to create. He also declares his unity with his art.

The speaker/poet dramatizes the importance and function of his poetry: through his talent, his friends and lovers whom he thought dead remain alive in his poem.

In Shakespeare sonnet 32, the speaker seems more humble than usual about his poems as he addresses a loved one.

Sonnet 30 belongs to the group that is mistakenly thought to be addressed to a young man, but no young man appears, only a "dear friend"-only his poetic talent.

The speaker is suffering writer's block and complains that both day and night seem to be conspiring to keep him from fulfilling his beloved writing duties.

In Edward de Vere's sonnet, the speaker compares falling in love to a game of tennis.

The speaker being quite human sometimes suffers feelings of defeat, but when he thinks about his poetry, he realizes how lucky he is to be able to create.

Sonnets have been around for a long time, and so have undergone a number of transformations. Regardless of its rigid structure, the sonnet remains a popular poetic form.

The speaker in Sonnet 24 compares the art of poetry to the art of painting, revealing the importance of heart-felt love in the creation of art.

In Sonnet 20, the speaker again addresses his poem, likening it to a woman's charms, but finding it less fickle and more capable of consistently shielding love.

The speaker in sonnet 26 acknowledges his duty to write poems. His talent is his Lord, and he promises to perform his duty without becoming boastful.

This speaker of this group of Shakespeare's sonnet discovers that even when he is exhausted from a hard day's work, his mind is wide-awake thinking about his next poem.

The speaker in Sonnet 22 asserts that despite his physical aging and death, his talent for creating poems will eternally retain his love, inspiring future generations.

The speaker in Sonnet 25 claims that only unconditional love is worth cherishing-fame and status are fleeting, but love will continue to give joy and gladness.

The theme of Sonnet 21 is similar to other sonnets that praise portraying a realistic description of the beloved, instead of the exaggerations that amount to untruths.

The speaker in Sonnet 138 confesses to a less than perfect relationship based on lies and deceit of which each partner is aware, yet they continue to flatter each other.

Gwendolyn Brooks' poem, "The Bean Eaters," demonstrates concretely the theme of poverty as the speaker describes the old couple in thirteen, instead of fourteen, lines.

Robert Hayden's "Those Winter Sundays" is a nearly perfect poem, and it is an innovative or American sonnet, rather than Petrarchan or Shakespearean sonnet.

In sonnet 14 the speaker says he does not have the power to predict the future by gazing at the stars in the sky, but the eyes of the young man tell all he needs to know.

The speaker of Sonnet 16 likens the struggle with time to war. The young man is at war with Time as if it were a bloody tyrant he has encountered on a battlefield.

Sonnet 17 is the last marriage sonnet; the speaker makes a final plea to the lad, urging him to produce offspring, this time for the sake of the speaker's own veracity.

The speaker employs a clever pun in Sonnet 7 as he metaphorically compares the young man's life to a daily trip of the great star across the sky.

You may be daunted by the prospect of writing a traditional Shakespearean or Italian sonnet, but sonnet-writing rules can be flexible and the outcome satisfying.

William Shakespeare is famous for his soul-stirring plays. However, few people are familiar with his sonnets, themselves achievements of great merit.

The speaker in Sonnet 23 reveals that human failures have caused his lack of skill in professing love; thus, he hopes his writing skill will properly portray his heart.

In Sonnet 10, the speaker challenges the young man's sense of self, regarding his love and affection for others. The speaker exaggerates the lack as "murderous hate."

In marriage sonnet 15, the speaker employs the Time metaphor again to persuade the young man that his only hope for deliverance from decrepitude is to produce offspring.

Sonnet 6 might be considered a companion piece to Sonnet 5 as the speaker opens by referring to the metaphor he used in the earlier sonnet, the distillation of flowers.

In marriage sonnet 11, the speaker again evokes the young man's pleasing qualities, claiming that the lad has an obligation to marry and pass them on to offspring.

The speaker of Shakespeare's marriage poem 12 again shows how changing nature always comes under "Time's scythe," and only one remedy can fend him off: producing an heir.

Sonnet 3 of the "Marriage Sonnets" focuses on the young man's image in the mirror. Again the speaker appeals to young man to marry and reproduce to bequeath his beauty.

In Sonnet 19, the speaker personifies and challenges Time to devastate his art as he does all living creatures as they age; then he declares that Time cannot do so.