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Specific textual examples of what youve observed when reading at this levelcited in MLA format. (You may use numbers or bullets here to take notes)

- I all alone beweep my outcast state (2). - And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, (3) - Like to the lark at break of day arising (11)

- When, in disgrace with fortune and mens eyes (1) - Wishing me like to one more rich in hope, (5) - For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings (13)

- Featurd like him, like him with friends possessd (6) - Desiring this mans art and that mans scope (7). - Like to the lark at break of day arising (11).

- That then I scorn to change my state with kings (14). - And look upon myself, and curse my fate, (4) - With what I most enjoy contented least; (8)

Demonstrate the development of complexity of thought at each level by writing a descriptive response to what youve written in the row above. (Analyze your thought patterns when observing the examples youve listed abovethese may also be in notetaking form)

Shakespeare employs many descriptors outcast, bootless, deafto describe the narrators state of being. He also utilizes repetition to stress his many desires. At the turn of the sonnet, Shakespeare uses a simile to describe the mans emotions when he remembers his love.

The words Shakespeare chooses to describe the narrator show his longing and desire for the things he does not have. He curses his life and heaven, jealous. The connotations in the lines before the turn are mostly negative, and those that are positive describe things that dont belong to him. However, at the turn, the language suddenly becomes hopeful and light, symbolizing the joy his love brings to his life.

Shakespeare uses repetition to emphasize the mans wants. He also uses the structure of a sonnet to show his greater meaning, as when the turn comes there is a literal turn in the meaning of the poem. This structure emphasizes his lover over all the material desires the man has, as well as conveys to the audience the importance of this.

This poem symbolizes the idea that love is greater than any material object or trait on earthmoney, strength, popularity, beauty. The narrator, in the beginning, continually voices his desires for what he doesnt have, showing the expectations society has on a successful person. However, in the end he realizes that he wouldnt his love for any of it, conveying the message that love is greater than any power or possession. And in a time where those things were prized above all, this sonnet then proves to be a revolutionary idea.