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4.12 AVERAGE
4.12 AVERAGE
“Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove.
O no, it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wand'ring bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken."
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove.
O no, it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wand'ring bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken."
emotional
fast-paced
I've read The Sonnets before, back when I was a teenager, and various of the more famous ones in collections of Love Poetry over the years - some are such a part of our mental furniture as a culture that when I told my mother I was reading them again she quoted the whole of Sonnet 18 to me from memory despite having not read them herself for probably half a century! (Also, my mum rules!)
What I didn't appreciate when reading them when I was younger - or get from the snippets here and there - was how much they embody the whole gamut of Love. Not just the passion and desire, but the melancholy, the bitterness, the anger and regret.
It is an age thing of course, but I found myself highlighting lines I'm sure would have passed me by back then - passages that made me remember old loves and lost friendships, and the wounds they leave behind. And how we see ourselves through the prismatic reflection of our view of others.
Probably more than anything else in the Shakespeare read-through I'm currently doing, it's made me appreciate just why his work has lasted so long.
What I didn't appreciate when reading them when I was younger - or get from the snippets here and there - was how much they embody the whole gamut of Love. Not just the passion and desire, but the melancholy, the bitterness, the anger and regret.
It is an age thing of course, but I found myself highlighting lines I'm sure would have passed me by back then - passages that made me remember old loves and lost friendships, and the wounds they leave behind. And how we see ourselves through the prismatic reflection of our view of others.
Probably more than anything else in the Shakespeare read-through I'm currently doing, it's made me appreciate just why his work has lasted so long.
emotional
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
DNF
I know, Shakespeare's Sonnets are supposed to be the epitome of romantic poetry., but my husband and I just couldn't get into them.They did not ignite our hearts like the more simple poetry of Hafiz, for example. Perhaps I'm not well-versed enough to really be inspired by much of the work. We eventually gave up when it became clear we were only reading them because it is "Shakespeare's Sonnets: A Classic" rather than actually enjoying them.
I know, Shakespeare's Sonnets are supposed to be the epitome of romantic poetry., but my husband and I just couldn't get into them.They did not ignite our hearts like the more simple poetry of Hafiz, for example. Perhaps I'm not well-versed enough to really be inspired by much of the work. We eventually gave up when it became clear we were only reading them because it is "Shakespeare's Sonnets: A Classic" rather than actually enjoying them.
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No