Kayla Briceno & Alice Antony

Ms. Gardner

English 10 H, Per. 6

11 September 2016

Sonnet Written Work

Senryu: nights dark, gazing eyes

they kept staring into mine

until I closed them

I see her in dreams

but she is a sacred light

and leaves me quickly

the rose colored sky

the awakening of dawn

yet I feel sorrow

dusk settles quickly

and then, everything seems bright

for shell be here soon

Tweet: In Sonnet 43 by William Shakespeare, the poet desperately waits for night, so he can see

his lover in his dreams, since nights are bright.

Erasure Poem: When most I wink then do mine eyes best see,

For all the day they view things unrespected,

But when I sleep, in dreams they look on thee,

And darkly bright, are bright in dark directed.

Then thou whose shadow shadows doth make bright

How would thy shadow's form, form happy show,

To the clear day with thy much clearer light,

When to unseeing eyes thy shade shines so!

How would (I say) mine eyes be blessed made,

By looking on thee in the living day,

When in dead night thy fair imperfect shade,

Through heavy sleep on sightless eyes doth stay!

All days are nights to see till I see thee,

And nights bright days when dreams do show thee me.

Original Sonnet: Unfulfilled Love

How could someone with such beauty know me?

In his eyes do I even exist here?

 I should wake up and face reality,

Growing old alone is my biggest fear.

Many sleepless nights with you on my mind

Depression has got me weak to my knees.

This fruitless love has got me in a bind;

No matter my efforts, youre hard to please.

Through seasons of mist and blooming flower,

My thoughts about you never seem to sway.

The endless thoughts of you manage to scour

And Time eats away at me, day by day.

This unrequited love will never be

But my love for you runs deep as the sea.

Analyses:

Alice Antony

Ms. Gardner

English 10H - sixth period

6 September 2016

Shakespeares Sonnet 43 Analysis

Night correlates with darkness as day correlates with brightness in Shakespeare's sonnet 43 : the

poet, however, believes that night is his brightness and day is dark. In the first line, it says,

when most I wink then do mine eyes best see, its a metaphor that shows that the narrator of

this sonnet lives in his own delusions, that closing his eyes is his own sort of escape from reality.
Daytime and nighttime are used frequently in this sonnet to symbolize his love for the woman he

seems to be in an unrequited love in, as he only sees her in his dreams. Similarly, light and dark

are symbols that are used frequently in the sonnet. The effect of using the dark over light is the

different meanings behind itits like hes succumbed to the darkness and is hiding from the

reality, which is light. What is so different from a daydream and a dream at night and why does

this woman only show up in the night? The poet highlights and wants to show how truly

beautiful and how she can outshine anything. Since she doesnt show up during daydreams, this

must be an exaggeration. But at night, he can clearly show that even her shadows outshines

everything.

How would (I say) mine eyes be blessed made the almost-religious diction is interesting here;

he refers to his eyes as blessed by the sight of her, meaning that she comes off as a goddess-like

figure to him. This could also symbolize her as a sort of savior to him.

All days are nights to see till I see thee./ And nights bright days when dreams do show thee me

the dark imagery in here appeals as it talks about shadows shadowing, thus creating light. Its an

odd thing to imagine, yet the soothing sound-devices used sound pleasing. Shakespeares Sonnet

43 shows antithesis and paradox to highlight dark and light and night and day.

Kayla Briceno

Ms. Gardner

English 10 H, Per. 6

7 September 2016

Sonnet 43 Analysis
 In Sonnet 43, the light of day is unfavorable to the poets love life: Through bright

visions in dreams the poet views his lover. William Shakespeares use of striking imagery and

eloquent alliteration by using consonance stages the struggle the poet faces between night and

day.

The resonant consonance of the lines shade shines so, nights bright, and dark

directed emphasizes the importance of these words or phrases to the poets battle against

daytime. These words come together to indicate how the brightest moments in his love life occur

at night. The rich diction in line five of the second quatrain Then thou, whose shadow shadows

doth make bright suggests that the sight of her in his dreams is beautiful, enough to brighten

even the most lightless shadows. The lucid imagery found in line four And, darkly bright, are

bright in dark directed heightens the contrast between night and day. By contrasting day and

night the poet successfully creates the image of a person peeking through a dark object to find a

shadow of brightness. The emphasis of night and day enables the readers to envision how highly

he thinks of her and how beautiful her appearance is to him. The use of dramatic paradox in the

concluding couplet All days are nights and And nights bright days provides an interesting

and elaborate image. The volta of the sonnet suggests that the lover has the power to make days

nights and nights days, by simply having an alluring presence.

Ultimately, the poet is angry with the light of day, for he can not see the one he loves

unless she is in his dreams at night. Because he is human he is seeking for someone to love him

as much as he loves the other individual. The poet longs for the day when he can see his beloved

in person during the daytime. For now, he has to come to accept that he can only see her beauty

in his dreams, until the day arrives in which he can see her face to face.