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Themes in William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 19

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)November 8, 2020 Leave a comment

In Shakespeare’s Sonnet 19, we are presented with various themes mainly circulating around the characteristics of the apostrophe of Time, which is personified throughout the poem. The sonnet is split into three quatrains, with the first one attacking Time and its all-consuming nature. The destructive ability of Time is a major theme; throughout the…

Shakespeare’s Sonnet 19: Analysis

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 23, 2011 1 Comment

In his Sonnet 19, Shakespeare presents the timeless theme of Time’s mutability. As the lover apostrophizes Time, one might expect him to address “old Time” as inconstant, for such an epithet implies time’s changeability. But inconstant also suggests capricious, and the lover finds time more grave than whimsical in its alterations. With the epithet “devouring”…

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