What is the meaning of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 55?
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What is the meaning of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 55?
Sonnets and Poetic Conceit:
Conceit (the Latin term for concept) is a rhetoric device commonly used in sonnets. In practice, poetic conceit "contrasts conventional sensual imagery to describe the experience of love," explains the Poetry Foundation. For example, in "Sonnet 55" Shakespeare doesn't merely compare his love to the strength of marble but instead showcases how that strength is nothing compared to the memory of his beloved.
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View this answerShakespeare's "Sonnet 55" is a declaration of eternal love as the poet tells his beloved they will be immortalized in this poetry. The poet...
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