Jacob Pearson Matt Kandler

Ms. Gardner
Period 4 English 10
3 September 2015

Rhyme
Scheme
Key:
Diction
Literary Devices
Imagery

Problem
The use of cold
and dark
imagery
illuminates
Shakespeare's
inner feelings.

Development
Hope and
unfathered
contrast to
create the
poet's
expression of
a hopeful
tone.

Solution
This simile
represents
how
significant
his
unbearable
need to see
his lover is.

/ U / U / U
/ U /
U
|How like |a win|ter hath| my ab|sence been|
U
/
U /
U / U / U /
|From thee|, the plea|sure of| the fleet|ing year!|
/
U /
U / U
/
U
/
U
|What free|zings have| I felt,| what dark| days seen!|
/
U / U /
U
/ U /
U
|What old| Decem|ber's bare|ness ev|erywhere!|
U / U /
U /
U
/
U
/
|And yet| this time| removed| was sum|mer's time,|
/
U / U /
U / U
/
U
|The teem|ing au|tumn big| with rich| increase,|
U /
U
/ U / U / U /
|Bearing| the wan|ton bur|den of| the prime,|
U /
U
/
U /
U /
U /
|Like wid|owed wombs| after| their lords'| decease:|
/ U / U / U /
U
/ U
|Yet this| abun|dant is|sue seemed| to me|
/
U / U
/
U / U /
U
|But hope| of or|phans, and| unfath|ered fruit,|
/
U / U /
U
/
U / U
|For sum|mer and| his pleas|ures wait| on thee,|
/
U / U / U / U
/
U
|And thou| away,| the ve|ry birds| are mute.|
/ U /
U
/ U / U / U
|Or if| they sing,| 'tis with| so dull| a cheer,|
/
U
/
U
/ U
/ U /
U
|That leaves| look pale,| dreading| the win|ter's near.|

A
B
A
B
C
D

Shakespeares
feelings are
metaphorically
introduced as
seasons.
The use of
wanton
portrays
Shakespeare's
inner desires
being nearly
uncontrollable.

C
D
C
E
F

The image
of a teeming
autumn
represents
transition
and hope.

E
F
G
G

The image
of summer
represents
warmth
and
happiness.