Free Essays On Shakespeares Sonnet 14 :: Sonnet essays

Analysis of Sonnet 14   Not from the stars do i my judgement pluck, And yet methinks I have astronomy- still not to tell of good or evil luck, Of plagues, of dearths, or seasons quality Nor can I wad to Brief minutes tell, Pointing to each his thunder, rain, and wind, Or say with princes if it shall go well By oft predict that I in heaven find But from thine eyes my knowledge I derive, And, constant stars, in them I read suck art As truth and beauty shall together thrive If from thy self-importance to store thou wouldst convert Or else of thee this I prognosticate- Thy end is truths and beautys doom and date.     1-2 I do not draw my conclusions from the stars, and yet I think I understand astrology 3-4 but (astrology) has never forecasted (to me) good or bad luck, or of plagues, or of dearths, or of the quality of the forecoming seasons 5-6 Nor can I prognosticate (from the stars) every iodine minute, assigning to each minute that is, whether or not it will thunder or rain or wind, 7-8 Or say that all will be well by signs (of the stars), which looking to the sky (for answers) is my habit 9-10 only from your eyes do I form my knowledge, and, in your eyes (which are constant stars), do I see such(prenominal) art 11-12 As truth or beauty thriving together, if you would convert from yourself to store as in store cattle The paraphrase for the three quatrains may not seem necessary, as it is moderately straightfoward in its meaning however, the couplet provides ambiguity. The couplet is where Shakespeare usually makes an antithesis of the three quatrains or presents some ambiguity, the latter of which is this one. I have found