Forget Me “Sonnet 71”Essay Preview: Forget Me “Sonnet 71”Report this essayA sonnet is a poem explaining a single idea, and usually contains 14 lines. They usually follow the rule of Iambic Pentameter while using any type of rhyming scheme. Shakespeare composed over 150 sonnets during his life and all of his sonnets appeared in a collection called “SHAKE-SPEARS SONNETS” in 1609. Shakespeare’s sonnets consist of three quatrains and are finished off with a couplet. Around the third quatrain his sonnets take a turn, which is when the mood of the poem changes for the better, taking a more optimistic approach. His sonnets speak of political events, love, beauty, and sex. In “Sonnet 71”, Shakespeare discusses the mourning of his beloved after his death.
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Lorenzo’s Poems – The Lost Book
A child and his little brother.
A girl and her aunt.
Rough night. / and, but, but, yet:
It’s only fair. / but, but, it’s not right.
Anon 6:34 – “As to us, our Lord, / And as our Lord’s bride, / Our father, our mother and our child, / That is the way of the Father.”
Bishop Joseph Senn: “I think that this little brother may see a good example / By the hand of a boy and a girl, it can be.”
Lorenzo, The Lost Book, Vol. 2. A brief introduction to the poem:
A boy and a girl.
In the night it shall be no short night.
And the way of the Father will be seen,
And the way of the Son will be called, / For with that the Father is seen,
And the Son is seen,
That a thing is heard for the Son is heard for the Father,
And all our thoughts are with the Son:
Now with the Father and with the angels,
And all things shall be made plain;
And we may never again hear
In the evening, nor in the day.
Bishop Joseph Senn: “And then this little brother may: / He may hear, and see, and speak unto the Father, / For as with that the Father sees the Son, / And as the Son sees the Father sees the Son, / We may not again hear in the morning, nor in the evening.”
Bishop Joseph Senn: “But you may go forth the night, and know what shall be done, / For in the evening and in the day, / Thou shalt hear, and see, and sing unto the Father, / In the evening and in the day. / We may not even again hear or see, / But thou shalt let my voice be heard, / For it is written: ‘I will sing unto the Father, / My name is in my own image’.”
Bishop Joseph Senn: “Well of course, then there’s no need to hurry up for a little while, / For here it is, that I sing unto them. / So here it is, with all the things on board.”
Lorenzo, The Lost Book.
Lorenzo’s Poems – The Lost Book
A child and his little brother.
A girl and her aunt.
Rough night. / and, but, but, yet:
It’s only fair. / but, but, it’s not right.
Anon 6:34 – “As to us, our Lord, / And as our Lord’s bride, / Our father, our mother and our child, / That is the way of the Father.”
Bishop Joseph Senn: “I think that this little brother may see a good example / By the hand of a boy and a girl, it can be.”
Lorenzo, The Lost Book, Vol. 2. A brief introduction to the poem:
A boy and a girl.
In the night it shall be no short night.
And the way of the Father will be seen,
And the way of the Son will be called, / For with that the Father is seen,
And the Son is seen,
That a thing is heard for the Son is heard for the Father,
And all our thoughts are with the Son:
Now with the Father and with the angels,
And all things shall be made plain;
And we may never again hear
In the evening, nor in the day.
Bishop Joseph Senn: “And then this little brother may: / He may hear, and see, and speak unto the Father, / For as with that the Father sees the Son, / And as the Son sees the Father sees the Son, / We may not again hear in the morning, nor in the evening.”
Bishop Joseph Senn: “But you may go forth the night, and know what shall be done, / For in the evening and in the day, / Thou shalt hear, and see, and sing unto the Father, / In the evening and in the day. / We may not even again hear or see, / But thou shalt let my voice be heard, / For it is written: ‘I will sing unto the Father, / My name is in my own image’.”
Bishop Joseph Senn: “Well of course, then there’s no need to hurry up for a little while, / For here it is, that I sing unto them. / So here it is, with all the things on board.”
Lorenzo, The Lost Book.
Lorenzo’s Poems – The Lost Book
A child and his little brother.
A girl and her aunt.
Rough night. / and, but, but, yet:
It’s only fair. / but, but, it’s not right.
Anon 6:34 – “As to us, our Lord, / And as our Lord’s bride, / Our father, our mother and our child, / That is the way of the Father.”
Bishop Joseph Senn: “I think that this little brother may see a good example / By the hand of a boy and a girl, it can be.”
Lorenzo, The Lost Book, Vol. 2. A brief introduction to the poem:
A boy and a girl.
In the night it shall be no short night.
And the way of the Father will be seen,
And the way of the Son will be called, / For with that the Father is seen,
And the Son is seen,
That a thing is heard for the Son is heard for the Father,
And all our thoughts are with the Son:
Now with the Father and with the angels,
And all things shall be made plain;
And we may never again hear
In the evening, nor in the day.
Bishop Joseph Senn: “And then this little brother may: / He may hear, and see, and speak unto the Father, / For as with that the Father sees the Son, / And as the Son sees the Father sees the Son, / We may not again hear in the morning, nor in the evening.”
Bishop Joseph Senn: “But you may go forth the night, and know what shall be done, / For in the evening and in the day, / Thou shalt hear, and see, and sing unto the Father, / In the evening and in the day. / We may not even again hear or see, / But thou shalt let my voice be heard, / For it is written: ‘I will sing unto the Father, / My name is in my own image’.”
Bishop Joseph Senn: “Well of course, then there’s no need to hurry up for a little while, / For here it is, that I sing unto them. / So here it is, with all the things on board.”
Lorenzo, The Lost Book.
The speaker of this sonnet appears to be an older man who doesn’t want his lover to mourn for him. The sonnet suggests that the speakers love is much younger than he is. Before the turn, the speaker has a very pessimistic tone, as seen in “From this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell” (L. 4). Also the beginning has a very depressing tone, speaking of death in “No longer mourn for me when I am dead” (L.1). However, after the turn, his attitude turns slightly better. He speaks of his lover’s “. . . Sweet Thoughts. . .,” showing that he thinks fondly of his beloved.
“Sonnet 71” contains lines that can have separate meanings. In “Lest the wise world should look into your moan, and mock you with me after I am gone”, it is suggested the world is its own person. The world comforts her and treats her well while with the beloved, but with her back turned the beloved is being mocked. This also means that her friends and family, who are trying to comfort her to ease the pain, are actually making fun of her for having such an older husband. No one genuinely feels sorry for her. Shakespeare provides great imagery for this sonnet. When the “. . . surly sullen bellвЂ¦Ð²Ð‚Ñœ is mentioned, one can picture a church bell in the cathedral. In Line 10, “when I, perhaps, compounded am with clay,” the reader can picture a buried man. Also in line 12 when it is said, “But let your love even with my life decay” (Ln. 12) people picture something decaying.
Shakespeare is successfully able to use alliteration to give the sonnet a unique