Compared with Spenser's Sonnet 15 in which the speaker praises his beautiful lover by comparing her to various precious things such as Saphyres,Rubies,pearles,yvory,gold and silver,the speaker in Shakespeare's...Compared with Spenser's Sonnet 15 in which the speaker praises his beautiful lover by comparing her to various precious things such as Saphyres,Rubies,pearles,yvory,gold and silver,the speaker in Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 denies that his lover is as perfect as such wonderful things as the sun,coral,snow,roses,perfume,music and goddess,and thus portrays a more human and believable beauty.In addition,he describes his lovers in four senses-the visual sense,the sense of smell,the sense of sound,and the sense of motion.As a result,he creates a vivid and genuine beauty.展开更多
Integrating aesthetic ingenuity and intellectual innovation into the artistic style of poetry,poets of the seventeenth century brought about Metaphysical conceits to the English literature arena.This study aims to rev...Integrating aesthetic ingenuity and intellectual innovation into the artistic style of poetry,poets of the seventeenth century brought about Metaphysical conceits to the English literature arena.This study aims to review the origin of Metaphysical poetry,contrast Metaphysical Conceit with Petrarchan Conceit in their ways of comparison,and probe into the influence it exerted over the modern English poetry.展开更多
文摘Compared with Spenser's Sonnet 15 in which the speaker praises his beautiful lover by comparing her to various precious things such as Saphyres,Rubies,pearles,yvory,gold and silver,the speaker in Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 denies that his lover is as perfect as such wonderful things as the sun,coral,snow,roses,perfume,music and goddess,and thus portrays a more human and believable beauty.In addition,he describes his lovers in four senses-the visual sense,the sense of smell,the sense of sound,and the sense of motion.As a result,he creates a vivid and genuine beauty.
文摘Integrating aesthetic ingenuity and intellectual innovation into the artistic style of poetry,poets of the seventeenth century brought about Metaphysical conceits to the English literature arena.This study aims to review the origin of Metaphysical poetry,contrast Metaphysical Conceit with Petrarchan Conceit in their ways of comparison,and probe into the influence it exerted over the modern English poetry.
