Holy Sonnet 10
- Created by: Freddie Kitchen
- Created on: 27-05-13 09:50
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- Holy Sonnet 10
- Structure
- ABBACDDCE FFEGG is a mix of a shakespearean and petrarchan sonnet form; putting his own stamp on it
- Content not traditional of a sonnet- subverts convention again.
- Volta remains at line 9 which IS conventional (unlike Holy Sonnet 6)
- Monosyllables; see techniques
- Imagery
- Mocking tone belittles death 'poor death', also 'slave' (provocative undertones)
- Appearance versus reality; 'but the pictures be' illusions- not powerful
- 'pleasure' 'flow' have positive connotations subverting traditional views of death. Comforting phonetics of soft vowels
- Sadness; 'best men wioth thee do go' mirrors tone of Nocturnal.
- 'Soul's delivery' - soul lives on eternally and escapes prison of life
- 'why swels't thou then?' image of death swelling with pride = sinful
- Techniques
- Metaphysical; Dramatic Opening 'Death be not proud' also monosyllabic= explosive fast pace.
- More onosyllables throughout 'yet cans't thou kill me' = lively confidence or defensive thrust at opponent?
- Lists; 'fate, chance, kings and desperate men' and 'poison, war, sickness' all encompassing but also quickens pace- dismissive of death.
- Direct address = strong sense of living voice (metaphysical technique)- threatening
- Personifies death 'poor death'- easier to conquer something that is living.
- Paradox as defence mechanism; 'death thou shalt die' threatens dearh. Out of fear or confidence?
- Metaphysical; Dramatic Opening 'Death be not proud' also monosyllabic= explosive fast pace.
- AO4
- Last sermon he preached to King Charles was called 'Death's Duel'
- 'we wake eternally' Christian belief that we wake to the presence of God in heaven. Profound but also a quiet confidence that he will reach him.
- Idea of conquering death in Corinthians- death is an enemy to be destroyed.
- Structure
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