Analysis of Friendship Sonnet by William Shakespeare?

Question

Could someone please help me with an analysis of Friendship Sonnet by William Shakespeare?


When to the session of sweet silent thought
I summon up remembrance of things past,
I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought,
And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste:
Then can I drown an eye, unused to flow,
For precious friends hid in death¹s dateless night,
And weep afresh love's long since cancelled woe,
And moan the expense of many a vanish¹d sight:
Then can I grieve at grievances foregone,
And heavily from woe to woe tell o'er
The sad account of fore-bemoaned moan,
Which I new pay as if not paid before.


But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,
All losses are restored and sorrows end.

Answer 1

This is quite a good site on Shakespearean sonnets:

http://www.shakespeares-sonnets.com/xxxcomm.htm

Answer 2

Friendship Sonnet

Answer 3

In a Shakespearean sonnet, the final couplet often contradicts or comments upon the 12 lines that have gone before. You can start your analysis by looking at the last two lines and saying something about the way in which they relate to the rest of the poem. What are the losses and sorrows the poem is talking about? The poet seems to be saying that his feelings about his dear friend are so positive that they can offset all the negative feelings expressed in the previous 12 lines. How would you describe the details of those negative feelings?

Answer 4

Maybe a modern version from Spark Notes can help Oh, how I wish you were yourself! But, my love, your identity will only last as long as you’re alive. You should make preparations in anticipation of your inevitable death and pass on your beautiful appearance to someone else. That way, your beauty, which you’ve only borrowed, wouldn’t have to end. Then, even after you died, your beautiful body would be renewed in your children. Who would let such a beautiful house fall into disrepair when prudent maintenance might make it outlast the stormy gusts of winter and the frustrating barrenness surrounding death? Only the most irresponsible spender could do such a thing, you know, my dear love. You had a father—let your son be able to say the same. -Who is the speaker? a lover -Is there an identifiable audience for the speaker? a beloved -What is the occasion? threat of sickness and death -What is the setting in time (hour, season, century etc...) Winter -What is the setting place (indoors or out city country land or sea etc...) none -What is the central purpose of the poem? Beauty of form should be passed on to offspring -The diction of the poem. Pleading, Old English, personification death’s eternal cold, house -What is the Tone of the poem and how is it achieved? persuasive -The meter of the poem, Iambic -The form or pattern of the poem. Sonnet using 5 feet

Answer 5

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