Pope's Poems and Prose
In what way does the theme of this sonnet illustrate the thematic particularities of the Shakespearean sonnet?
Tired with all these, for restful death I cry, As to behold desert a beggar born, And needy nothing trimm'd in jollity, And purest faith unhappily forsworn, And gilded honour shamefully misplac'd, And maiden virtue rudely strumpeted, And right perfection wrongfully disgrac'd, And strength by limping sway disabled And art made tongue-tied by authority, And folly—doctor-like—controlling skill, And simple truth miscall'd simplicity, And captive good attending captain ill: Tir'd with all these, from these would I be gone, Save that, to die, I leave my love alone. William Shakespeare 1. In what way does the theme of this sonnet illustrate the thematic particularities of the Shakespearean sonnet? 2. Comment on the speaker’s attitude and tone. 3. What state of affairs does the sonnet portray? 4. What key concepts and elements are at interplay in the argumentation? What rhetorical and stylistic devices does the poet use? Comment and exemplify