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the figrue of speech and analysis of sonnet 130?

 

najlaa j #223551
Jan 08, 2012 1:59 AM

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the figrue of speech and analysis of sonnet 130?

Shakespeare sonnet 130
"MY MISTRESS' EYES ARE NOTHING LIKE SUN "

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Roskolnikov
Jan 08, 2012 2:07 AM

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The most prominent figure of speech in this poem are the antithetical similes and metaphors. Rather than comparing two things in a positive way, Shakespeare offers a sort of parody by contrasting things in a negative way. Consider even the first line as an example.
 

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