Monday, October 3, 2011

Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 and Billy Collins' Litany

1. Collin uses humor to mock this trope.

2.Shakespeare knocks it down in a more aggressive, sincere way.

3. Collins says nothing truly insulting because his metaphors are too absurd to be taken seriously.

4. Shakespeare truly seems to insult his mistress.

5.For Collins, the main point of the work is mockery of a poetic device.

6. Shakespeare also does this, but the last two lines, which focus on a genuine love, suggest he may also be writing this sonnet out of true emotion.
 

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