English essay 2
The sunne rising by John Donne and Shall i compare thee by
William Shakespeare are two different types of poems . They both express themes ,through diction and imagery. Indeed, the literary devices used by the authors of those poems allow them to show the readers the thematic meaning of their poems. In the sunne rising , love , power and domination are expressed through images and diction. In shall i compare thee ,literary elements reveal love ,as well as reality and beauty .
The sunne rising, by John Donne does not folow a definite structure
or a precise form Meanwhile ,it does folow a rhyme scheme in each stanza : ABBACDCDEE. The sunne rising is a dramatic monologue of the poet , expresing his feelings towards his love .John Done first uses metaphors and comparaisons to show us how he feels about the sun.Imagery and diction contributes in many ways to the thematic meaning of the poem . First, by comparing the sun to a « sawcy pedantique wretch », he shows his superiority to it ( he defies it).When he calls the sun a « busy old fool » at the beginning of the poem or an « age fellow in need of ease » towards the end ,John Donne ,after setting the tone of the poem (annoyance for exemple ) puts in value the theme of « power » and superiority. He uses the diction of wealth and beauty through metaphors when , for exemple , he says : « She’s all States, and all Princes I ». Here , the poet’s mistress is the world and she represents all the princesses on earth. The theme of love is expressed : « to warme the world ,that’s done in warming us ,shine hereto us ,and thou art every where » .Here ,the poet « describes » his love feelings for his mistress by using images and hyperboles for exemple. (he says that if the sun warms their bed, it will be the same as warming the whole world since they are the world) . The lover also claims to possess all the wealth of India when he says : « whether both the’India’s of spice and Myne ,be where those kings whom thou saw’st yesterday » . By painting those images of him in his bed , it shows the reader the intensity of his love for his mistress and the happiness and power that it allows him to have .
The poem is progressive and contains a logical structure.It evolves
with the thoughts , sensations and desires of the narrator .Firstly ,he is annoyed and insults the sun by saying « busy old foole » .The sun is conscious and has the watchful personality of an old busybody.Secondly , he shows his superiority to the sun ,thanks to love. He describes his feelings when he says : « no season knows nor clime ,nor hours , days , months which are the rags of time » and thirdly , he explains that he and his mistress are the centre of the universe and that the world is contained in their bedrooms : « This bed thy center is ,these walls , thy spheare ». At the end of the poem , the poet aks the sun to « shine here to {them} » , as a conclusion to the realities (according to the poet) that he has explained .
Finally , the poem expresses a personnal experience , decsribed by the poet .For exemple , he uses « I » to talk . The poem is about him and his feelings. The inspiration of this poem is to pretend that each of these subjective states of feeling is an objective truth .His and his mistress’s existence is seen as a microcosm .John Donne ,altough he writes about his personnal feelings , presents them as reality .
On the other hand ,in the poem « my mistress eyes are nothing like the sun », is about a poet discribing his mistress whether than his personnal feelings.When the sunne rising is not a specific form of poem , my mistress’s eyes are nothing like the sun is a shakesperean poem that follows a definite rhyme pattern and is a regular poem : a, b, a, b, c, d, c, d, e, f, e, f, g, g is the rhyme scheme of the poem .Shakespear does not compare his mistress to objects , wealth but to nature , for exemple , when he says : « but no sush roses see I in her cheeks » .Through comparaisons , metaphors and images , the poem builds a description of what her mistress is not .The use of the word « sun » is for exemple , used very differently in the two poems . The sunne rising descibes the sun as a negative element and uses it to emphasyse on his love for his mistress.My mistress eyes are nothing like the sun’s presents it as a perfect element of nature ,that human nature cannot reach . The sunne rising , through images ,shows the reader that he and his mistress are the centre of the universe while the other poem tells us that his mistress is just like everyone else and that she is not perfect.
The progression of the poem is also very important . The shakesperean poem ends on a positive thought. The poet has explained that his mistress is vulnereble compared to nature but also says that he is truly in love with her and doesn’t need false comparaisons to describe her when he claims : « so long live this ,and this gives life to thee ».Both poems end on positive thoughts , expressing the love of the poets for their mistress’s , in different ways .
My mistres’s eyes are nothing like the sun , the poet mocks the typical poems like the sunne rising , where the poets compare their mistres’s and feelings to unrealistic elements .This poem , like the john donne’s poem wants to be , in a way , a representation of reality as well . By comparing his mistress to nature , he shows the intensity of his love for his mistress,but in a different way then in the sunne rising : he shows his mistress that he loves his mistress the way he is , when John donne compares his feelings to unrealistic elements.
The sunne rising and my mistress eyes are nothing like the sun both express intense love feelings and themes through images but using completly different methods .
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