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Sonnet 75 Analysis
Author: poem of Edmund Spenser Type: poem Views: 36
One day I wrote her name upon the strand,
But came the waves and washed it away:
Agayne I wrote it with a second hand,
But came the tyde, and made my paynes his pray.
"Vayne man," sayd she, "that doest in vaine assay.
A mortall thing so to immortalize,
For I my selve shall lyke to this decay,
and eek my name bee wyped out lykewize."
"Not so," quod I, "let baser things devize,
To dy in dust, but you shall live by fame:
My verse your vertues rare shall eternize,
And in the heavens wryte your glorious name.
Where whenas death shall all the world subdew,
Our love shall live, and later life renew."
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obama is not hott you freaks. this poem is boring and lame. i love you!! fo sho/
| Posted on 2009-11-10 | by a guest
obama is not hott you freaks. this poem is boring and lame. i love you!! fo sho/
| Posted on 2009-11-10 | by a guest
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I have concluded that this is my life....in Spenserian form. No doubt, home slice. I like whales. Not as much as my sweet Elizabeth. I like making sand castles. I like making sand angels...they are pretty much the same thing as snow angels....except in the sand. But then this stupid contraption made by the DEVIL called the ocean comes along and takes everything away...my soul included. And if you are wondering...YES...i AM, in fact, a demon child. 666 is the tat on my BEEEhind. I am tat, tat, tatted up fo sho. Holy water does burn me if you were wondering.
I like raspberries, too. Just FYI.
| Posted on 2009-09-24 | by a guest
I have concluded that this is my life....in Spenserian form. No doubt, home slice. I like whales. Not as much as my sweet Elizabeth. I like making sand castles. I like making sand angels...they are pretty much the same thing as snow angels....except in the sand. But then this stupid contraption made by the DEVIL called the ocean comes along and takes everything away...my soul included. And if you are wondering...YES...i AM, in fact, a demon child. 666 is the tat on my BEEEhind. I am tat, tat, tatted up fo sho. Holy water does burn me if you were wondering.
I like raspberries, too. Just FYI.
| Posted on 2009-09-24 | by a guest
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the poem is a typical example of the poetic credo/belief found commonly in the poets of the Elizebethan age, suggests how powerful art, in particular poetry/ literature ( because spenser is a poet) is. While, the sea erases all foot and other prints on the'sands of time', its only poetry that can confer immortality.His ladylove's extraordinary beauty and his love for her lives on forever defying cruel time-the wrecker of all that is beautiful and lovely. Shakespeare's sonnet 'Shall I Compare Thee..' also, more or less ends on the same note..'..and this(the poem)gives life to thee...'
Spenser's poem is remarkable and exquisite. Yoganand Kore, India
| Posted on 2009-09-06 | by a guest
the poem is a typical example of the poetic credo/belief found commonly in the poets of the Elizebethan age, suggests how powerful art, in particular poetry/ literature ( because spenser is a poet) is. While, the sea erases all foot and other prints on the'sands of time', its only poetry that can confer immortality.His ladylove's extraordinary beauty and his love for her lives on forever defying cruel time-the wrecker of all that is beautiful and lovely. Shakespeare's sonnet 'Shall I Compare Thee..' also, more or less ends on the same note..'..and this(the poem)gives life to thee...'
Spenser's poem is remarkable and exquisite. Yoganand Kore, India
| Posted on 2009-09-06 | by a guest
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its an interesting poem. it shows how much passion people had back than and its relevant even in todays world. the poem is about time washing away everything in its path and leaving nothing to remember.
| Posted on 2009-09-01 | by a guest
its an interesting poem. it shows how much passion people had back than and its relevant even in todays world. the poem is about time washing away everything in its path and leaving nothing to remember.
| Posted on 2009-09-01 | by a guest
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the poem reveals the transitoriness of every physical object. Irene Siddique bangladesh
| Posted on 2009-03-17 | by a guest
the poem reveals the transitoriness of every physical object. Irene Siddique bangladesh
| Posted on 2009-03-17 | by a guest
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apparently they're not moderated...(see OBAMA'S SOOO HOTT post). moron.
| Posted on 2009-02-19 | by a guest
apparently they're not moderated...(see OBAMA'S SOOO HOTT post). moron.
| Posted on 2009-02-19 | by a guest
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he is saying that people are easily forgotten, especially once they are gone. time often slips thru and many efforts are made in vain. he did not know his writings would still be read today, so how could he be saying that she will always be remembered? memories can forget, paper destroyed, and he could have never been known. so he was only keeping her alive for the short amount of time, for all he knew, 400 hundred years later (currently) we would never know of either of the two. he is saying time washes away all things, good and bad, weather we want it to or not.
| Posted on 2009-01-05 | by a guest
he is saying that people are easily forgotten, especially once they are gone. time often slips thru and many efforts are made in vain. he did not know his writings would still be read today, so how could he be saying that she will always be remembered? memories can forget, paper destroyed, and he could have never been known. so he was only keeping her alive for the short amount of time, for all he knew, 400 hundred years later (currently) we would never know of either of the two. he is saying time washes away all things, good and bad, weather we want it to or not.
| Posted on 2009-01-05 | by a guest
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he is saying that people are easily forgotten, especially once they are gone. time often slips thru and many efforts are made in vain. he did not know his writings would still be read today, so how could he be saying that she will always be remembered? memories can forget, paper destroyed, and he could have never been known. so he was only keeping her alive for the short amount of time, for all he knew, 400 hundred years later (currently) we would never know of either of the two. he is saying time washes away all things, good and bad, weather we want it to or not.
| Posted on 2009-01-05 | by a guest
he is saying that people are easily forgotten, especially once they are gone. time often slips thru and many efforts are made in vain. he did not know his writings would still be read today, so how could he be saying that she will always be remembered? memories can forget, paper destroyed, and he could have never been known. so he was only keeping her alive for the short amount of time, for all he knew, 400 hundred years later (currently) we would never know of either of the two. he is saying time washes away all things, good and bad, weather we want it to or not.
| Posted on 2009-01-05 | by a guest
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he is saying that people are easily forgotten, especially once they are gone. time often slips thru and many efforts are made in vain. he did not know his writings would still be read today, so how could he be saying that she will always be remembered? memories can forget, paper destroyed, and he could have never been known. so he was only keeping her alive for the short amount of time, for all he knew, 400 hundred years later (currently) we would never know of either of the two. he is saying time washes away all things, good and bad, weather we want it to or not.
| Posted on 2009-01-05 | by a guest
he is saying that people are easily forgotten, especially once they are gone. time often slips thru and many efforts are made in vain. he did not know his writings would still be read today, so how could he be saying that she will always be remembered? memories can forget, paper destroyed, and he could have never been known. so he was only keeping her alive for the short amount of time, for all he knew, 400 hundred years later (currently) we would never know of either of the two. he is saying time washes away all things, good and bad, weather we want it to or not.
| Posted on 2009-01-05 | by a guest
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Sonnet 26 from Edmund Spenser in the Faerie Queene
| Posted on 2008-11-17 | by a guest
Sonnet 26 from Edmund Spenser in the Faerie Queene
| Posted on 2008-11-17 | by a guest
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OBAMA 08 OMG HE IS SO HOTT I CAN'T WAIT FOR HIM TO BE ELECTED YES!!!! WE'LL GET FREE STUFF, FREE MONEY EVEN WITHOUT JOBS LIFE WILL BE AMAZING!!! OBAMA 08!
| Posted on 2008-06-09 | by a guest
OBAMA 08 OMG HE IS SO HOTT I CAN'T WAIT FOR HIM TO BE ELECTED YES!!!! WE'LL GET FREE STUFF, FREE MONEY EVEN WITHOUT JOBS LIFE WILL BE AMAZING!!! OBAMA 08!
| Posted on 2008-06-09 | by a guest
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[One day I wrote her name upon the strand(sand exposed during low tide)]
[But the waves came and washed it away]
[I wrote it again with my other hand;]
[But the waves came, and again destroyed my efforts.]
[She then says, "You efforts are in vain.]
[A mortal thing so to immortalize(his writting's are "alive", but are "killed" by the waves)]
[Much like my name in the sand, memories of me will also be lost.]
[My name is washed away, much like the memories of me]
[Not at all, let these lesser things]
[Die out, but you will be remembered forever]
[My poetry and your excellence will be remembered forever]
[and when you get to heaven present your glorious name]
[and when I die]
[everyone will remember our love, and our legacy will continue]
| Posted on 2008-05-08 | by a guest
[One day I wrote her name upon the strand(sand exposed during low tide)]
[But the waves came and washed it away]
[I wrote it again with my other hand;]
[But the waves came, and again destroyed my efforts.]
[She then says, "You efforts are in vain.]
[A mortal thing so to immortalize(his writting's are "alive", but are "killed" by the waves)]
[Much like my name in the sand, memories of me will also be lost.]
[My name is washed away, much like the memories of me]
[Not at all, let these lesser things]
[Die out, but you will be remembered forever]
[My poetry and your excellence will be remembered forever]
[and when you get to heaven present your glorious name]
[and when I die]
[everyone will remember our love, and our legacy will continue]
| Posted on 2008-05-08 | by a guest
.: Paraphrase :.
[One day I wrote her name upon the strand(sand exposed during low tide)]
[But the waves came and washed it away]
[I wrote it again with my other hand;]
[But the waves came, and again destroyed my efforts.]
[She then says, "You efforts are in vain.]
[A mortal thing so to immortalize(his writting's are "alive", but are "killed" by the waves)]
[Much like my name in the sand, memories of me will also be lost.]
[My name is washed away, much like the memories of me]
[Not at all, let these lesser things]
[Die out, but you will be remembered forever]
[My poetry and your excellence will be remembered forever]
[and when you get to heaven present your glorious name]
[and when I die]
[everyone will remember our love, and our legacy will continue]
| Posted on 2008-05-08 | by a guest
[One day I wrote her name upon the strand(sand exposed during low tide)]
[But the waves came and washed it away]
[I wrote it again with my other hand;]
[But the waves came, and again destroyed my efforts.]
[She then says, "You efforts are in vain.]
[A mortal thing so to immortalize(his writting's are "alive", but are "killed" by the waves)]
[Much like my name in the sand, memories of me will also be lost.]
[My name is washed away, much like the memories of me]
[Not at all, let these lesser things]
[Die out, but you will be remembered forever]
[My poetry and your excellence will be remembered forever]
[and when you get to heaven present your glorious name]
[and when I die]
[everyone will remember our love, and our legacy will continue]
| Posted on 2008-05-08 | by a guest
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This poem, first of all, is a Spenserian sonnet, created by, of course, Edmund Spenser. The Spenserian sonnet is broken up into four parts, with a couplet acting as an answer to the poem. The poet speaks of his trying to immmortalize the woman he loves by writing her name in the sand. He tries to defy nature, God, etc by trying to write her name in a place that is only going to dissapear each time. He writes it in vain, though vanity plays two seperate roles in this poem. By referring to the tide washing the name away, he is expressing a mental and spiritual immortality, and also referring to time and that eventually we will die.
| Posted on 2008-03-26 | by a guest
This poem, first of all, is a Spenserian sonnet, created by, of course, Edmund Spenser. The Spenserian sonnet is broken up into four parts, with a couplet acting as an answer to the poem. The poet speaks of his trying to immmortalize the woman he loves by writing her name in the sand. He tries to defy nature, God, etc by trying to write her name in a place that is only going to dissapear each time. He writes it in vain, though vanity plays two seperate roles in this poem. By referring to the tide washing the name away, he is expressing a mental and spiritual immortality, and also referring to time and that eventually we will die.
| Posted on 2008-03-26 | by a guest
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one day, i wrote her name on the sand of the seashore, but the waves washed her name away. Then i wrote it again but it was gone baecause the tide came. Then she said, you are only trying in vain. why are you still writing my name when you know that i will be forgotten after my death. No, your wrong, I said. your name and our love for each other will live on for all of eternity in my poetry.
| Posted on 2007-07-08 | by a guest
one day, i wrote her name on the sand of the seashore, but the waves washed her name away. Then i wrote it again but it was gone baecause the tide came. Then she said, you are only trying in vain. why are you still writing my name when you know that i will be forgotten after my death. No, your wrong, I said. your name and our love for each other will live on for all of eternity in my poetry.
| Posted on 2007-07-08 | by a guest
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During the Elizabethan age, love sonnets traditionally told the story of men in love with unattainable women. However, Spenser's sonnets from his sonnet sequence "Amoretti" defy the general pessimism and give an optimistic look at love. In fact, his "Sonnet 75" shows such optimism that his persona, after a realization in the poem, claims that his love will be immortal through verse. "Sonnet 75" stands as a successful sonnet because it presents an optimistic view on love through graphic imagery and a realistic story. Spencer takes the success of the work a step further because he uses form, rhyme, personification, and alliteration to mirror the imagery and story of his Elizabethan sonnet. Poetry blows.
| Posted on 2007-03-25 | by a guest
During the Elizabethan age, love sonnets traditionally told the story of men in love with unattainable women. However, Spenser's sonnets from his sonnet sequence "Amoretti" defy the general pessimism and give an optimistic look at love. In fact, his "Sonnet 75" shows such optimism that his persona, after a realization in the poem, claims that his love will be immortal through verse. "Sonnet 75" stands as a successful sonnet because it presents an optimistic view on love through graphic imagery and a realistic story. Spencer takes the success of the work a step further because he uses form, rhyme, personification, and alliteration to mirror the imagery and story of his Elizabethan sonnet. Poetry blows.
| Posted on 2007-03-25 | by a guest
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