KÜBRA KILIÇ
KÜBRA KILIÇ
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DR. ŞAFAK NEDİCEYUVA
IDE 204 Brit. P&P II
SHAKESPEARE SONNETS AND REFLECTION OF THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD
The Sonnet is a type of poem in 14-line form. Shakespeare wrote his sonnets in iambic pentameter
and consists of 10 syllables. its structure is three quatrains, it can also be called a four-line stanza, and
there is a rhyming couplet at the end, and there are two-line stanzas. The rhyme scheme of
Shakespeare sonnets is abab- cdcd- efef -gg, and basically this is known. Some lines in the sonnet can
sum up the Sonnet, and sometimes something shocking can be said that makes the opposite corner in
the last couplet is one of the features of these Shakespearean sonnets. Shakespeare is thought to have
written these sonnets almost in the 1590s or early 1600s. As he was influenced by the Renaissance
period in this history, innovations and different perspectives and approaches in that period were also
reflected in his poems. Shakespeare's sonnets, on the other hand, usually deal with period-specific
topics, focusing on Love and close friendship. The themes of the sonnets are; death, nature,Love,
woman,pain,romance,God,Faith, and so on. It is individual poems. he makes praise or bad criticism
through indirect expression, not direct. many of his sonnets are related to love
Sonnet 130 also consists of 14 strings, and its last two strings give the main idea of the poem. The
poem describes female beauty and is written in a manner contrary to Petrarchan's sonnets. beauties
mentioned by society as female characteristics are associated with some nature workers, such as the
sun or red coral. But when we look at this poem, Shakespeare approaches this whole point of view
differently, my mistress's eyes don't look like the sun, or my mistress's lips aren't as red as coral," I
think he mocks the stereotypes used by poets. other writers always compare women to beautiful things
in a clichéd way. But Shakespeare says, but my woman is not what they describe about how women
look, and that's what makes her special, because she's unique, rare in herself.I mean, he's more realistic
about things and he's showing us that. We can say that this poem is an important example of a
Shakespearean sonnet. In everything in the Renaissance, there are not standards, but different thoughts
than usual thoughts, describing love in another way, so Shakespeare shows us this difference. We also
have a theme of nature and love. For this reason, we can say that it reflects the unusual nature of the
Renaissance period.
