Poems

Sonnet 55 : Not marble , nor the glided monuments

The last line You will live in this , and dwell in lover 's eyes ' means that the subject is love . The author , Shakespeare , consider the subject as a personification of love as living in his poetry and people will continue to love poetry . Thus , it says as time passes by , everything fades except for love

An example of a metaphor in Sonnet 55 is when poetry and its powerful rhyme will sine more than marble , glided monuments , and unswept stone It means that poetry

remains to exist with more value and stands out over precious things

In the line 7 of the sonnet , Mars pertains to war . The line nor Mars his sword nor war 's quick fire shall burn ' means that love couldn 't be destroyed even from the cause of war nor the effects of war

The rhyme scheme of Sonnet 55 is a , b , a , b , c , d , c , d , e , f , e , f , g g . It is in iambic pentameter

Open Response question (agree or disagree

The central point of the sonnet is how poetry continues to live on , as a theme of eternity while the theme of love is secondary as stated through metaphor . I agree with the meaning that poetry will last through eternity as generations after generation will read and discover the truth and appreciation of the beauty of life

Sonnet 18

The last line So long lives this , and this gives life to thee...