Sonnet 69

praise 69 Sonnet 65 (Shakespeare) 1 Since brass, nor stone, nor numberless sea, 2 But sad mortality oer-sways their power, 3 How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea, 4 Whose exploit is no stronger than a flower? 5 O how shall summertimes honey breath hold out, 6 Against the wreckful siege of battring days 7 When rocks impregnable are non so stout, 8 Nor gates of steel so strong, solely time decays? 9 O fearful meditation! Where, alack, 10 Shall times best jewel from times chest lie hid? 11 Or what strong overhaul can hold his swift foot back, 12 Or who his spoil oer beauty can forestall?

13 O none, unless this miracle have might: 14 That in black ink my love may still coin bright. Withstanding Mortality through Verse Melissa Zyduck Explication #1 Sonnet 65 Carducci Feb. 21st, 2001 Sonnets are rhymed poems consisting of fourteen lines, the first ogdoad making up the octet and the last six lines be the sestet. T...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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