Sonnet 29 - Quotes Flashcards
(3 cards)
“thoughts do twine and bud”
1 - “twine and bud” suggesting the speaker’s thoughts through the natural process of life - her thoughts wrap around her beloved and blossom - symbolising how when she is around him, her thoughts blossom, and as a result has a true desire to one be with him again.
2 - twine entices ideas of entanglement and suffocation - implying her thoughts are not just affectionate but overwhelming - she feels as if she is suffocating due to the ammount of thoughts she has of him
3 - budding hints to something incomplete - buds are not yet flowers yet youth of ones, unfinished growth may mirror the speakers yearning for her lover - she cannot fully grow into a flower without the presence of the speaker, perhaps she is not fully fufilled?
4 - “bud and “wood” half rhymes which eachother - futher compounds this, or perhaps shows they are not as compatible as nature?
“burst, shatter everwhere”
1 - bilabial plosive conveys the intensity of the speaker’s desire - her thoughts are violently displaced by her mental fantasies
2 - sibilance of “shattered” presents that she perhaps realises she is too emotional, and showcase a undertone of bitterness, she realises she has become too emotionally fixated
3 - caesura and exclamation mark mirrors this emotional climax - caesura between words reflects fragmentation and intensity - speaker’s breathless excitement at the thought of being united with her lover
“I do not think of thee - I am too near thee”
1 - Subverts the entire poems’ premise, cyclical structure of “I think of thee” to “I do not think of thee”, showcases that physical presence is able to overcome thoughts - yet showcases the conflict she faces of her love
2 - “too near thee” implies sacred closeness - sexual proximity - pushing boundaries Victorian society - women is showcasing emotional vulnerability and physical longing
3 - end-stop allows the poem of clarity - short, declarative sentence to resolve into peaceful union
