A Critical Comparison of Shakespeares Sonnet 130 and...

Petrarchan sonnets are like all the other typical sonnets in the early sixteenth which consist of 14 verses in the poem and 10 syllables per line. In comparison, they all instigate the traditional theme of love where women were admired and sometimes worshipped in order to express deep love that emissaries her beauty. However, Petrarchan sonnet could not said be too congruent to sixteenth style of writing sonnets. Nevertheless, they share identical theme in the sonnets which is the traditional theme of love where Petrarchan sonnets uses clichà ©s in order to describe his mistress as â€Å"lucid gold† and her smile as â€Å"angelic smile†. It is implicit where intensely romantic images are clearly used in here to challenge the conventional†¦show more content†¦Sonnet CXXX is written by Shakespeare, were like all the other typical courtly love poems in base to its structure of how it hath been written. In based to its structure it follows that usual structure of Shakespearean sonnets which mostly it has been written in iambic pentameter, ten syllables per line. The rhyme scheme of this sonnet is ababcdcdefefgg. The two lines are being intended with the rhyming couplets â€Å"And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare- As any she belied with false compare† that Shakespeare refers his sonnet into a love poem with imperfection images but despite all of the imperfection he intimidates the structure that conforms rather than being a love poem that is honesty and frank subverting the tradition. On the other hand, sonnet XIV from â€Å"Sonnets from the Portuguese† is written by Elizabeth Barrett-Browning. In comparison, its structure is based to traditional sixteenth century poetic structure such sonneteers Petrarchan and Shakespeare sonnets. Moreover, it hath 14 verses in the poem and ten syllables per line, like sonnet CXXX by Shakespeare it hath been written in iambic pentameter apart from that it includes one octane and one sextet that converts the sonnet into Petrarchan sonnet. Its rhyme scheme is followed by abbaabbacdcdcd instigating rhythm in the sonnet. To conclude, both sonneteers has the same