Setting the Scene

In act 3 scene II of The Taming of the Shrew, the setting starts out in the daytime before Kate and Petruchio’s wedding is to take place. This is evident when Petruchio says to Baptista “But what a fool am I to chat with you/ When I should bid good morrow to my bride” (lines 123-124). Petruchio officially declares that it is morning time. Another indication of the time is the many times the characters say the word “day.” In Shakespeare’s time, the word “day” typically signifies morning as oppose to a specific date. Baptista says “this is the ‘pointed day/ That Katherine and Petruchio should be married” (lines 1-2).
Shakespeare also hints at the scene’s mood through the characters’ language. When Biondello enters the scene with the description of Petruchio’s ridiculous wedding attire, readers get an idea of the wedding’s unserious environment. If the groom did not care about looking traditionally appropriate for his wedding, why should anyone else take the event seriously? Katherine’s and Petruchio’s wedding turns out to be a joke not only because of Petruchio’s ridiculous attire, but also due to the lack of love and gravity. Bapatista’s reply to Petruchio’s attire is “I am glad he's come, howsoe'er he comes” (line 73), which basically means he did not care about anything other than getting Katherine married away, it did not even matter if the husband is rude, arrogant, selfish, stubborn, and very odd. Petruchio displays the lack of love in his marriage to Katherine when Katherine bids him to stay by saying “Now, if you love me, stay” (line 209), to which Petruchio replies “Grumio, my horse” (line 210). The shrew’s one attempt at being a polite and kind woman is unnoticed and shot down by her very own husband. In addition, Petruchio claims Katherine as his property, no different than “my goods, my chattels; she is my house,/ My household stuff, my field, my barn,/ My horse, my ox, my ass, my anything” (lines 236-238). Although Petruchio’s and Katherine’s marriage is legitimate under the law and God, Petruchio treats the marriage as a lighthearted event even though a lifelong commitment is a very serious pledge. Other characters contribute to the unserious mood as well, such as Baptista and his disregard to Petruchio’s behavior and Katherine’s feelings.

Katherine Character Analysis

Katherine is the eldest daughter of Baptista and the real protagonist of Shakespeare’s play, even though the play starts out with Bianca as the focus. As the “shrew” that is to be “tamed” in the story, Katherine is a round and dynamic character. Through her encounter and marriage with Petruchio, Katherine’s character changes dramatically from a shrew to an obedient wife and woman. The first apparent sign of Katherine’s transformation is during her first encounter and squabble with Petruchio. Everyone calls Katherine a shrew for her bold opinion and sharp tongue, however, once she meets her match with Petruchio. Petruchio proves to be wittier than Katherine is, as well as vulgar, selfish, and greedy. During the squabble, Petruchio turns every insult Katherine throws at him into a suggestive or positive remark and convinces Katerine to marry him…or at least not disagree to marry him. When Baptista checks up on Petruchio’s and Katerine’s status, Petruchio proclaims them engaged and Katherine did not argue otherwise. The process of taming Katherine was well under way. Katherine’s actions also effect the actions of the characters around her, as she is the protagonist. Bianca is most directly affected by Katherine’s character because she is not allowed to marry until Katherine is wed, therefore, her character has no life and action (since being married was the main life goal of women in those times). In turn, this Bianca’s many suitors prevents to progress forward and create action since they have to wait for Katherine to wed so they can pursue and wed Bianca. So in a sense, everyone waits upon Katherine’s character; only when Katherine’s character makes a move (progress) forward in the play do the other characters get to progress.
Katherine’s character stirs the reader’s sympathy because even though she is a shrew, the readers can see why she appears the way she is and knows that deep down, Katherine just wants what every other girl wants: a husband. This is apparent throughout Katherine’s entire character transformation, as she becomes less outspoken and more obedient. At the same time, Katherine also brings humor to the play. Her wit is very amusing, especially when paired with Petruchio.

Joycean Absences

In Dubliners, James Joyce repeatedly made a point to have absences in his stories, particularly the absence of parents. For example, in “Eveline” readers are informed that Eveline’s mother died when she was young and the only parent she had was an abusive father. In the story, Eveline seemed to have little parental influence in her life since her mother passed away. Eveline was a character who desperately wanted to get away from the grasp of her father yet she was unable to in the end. The significance of the absent mother comes into play when Eveline makes her decision to stay. It seems that Eveline’s mother was the one that made Eveline feel guilty and doubtful about leaving. While at the dock, Eveline kept thinking about the promise she made her mother to take care of the family how her mother told her “Derevaun Seraun,” meaning “the end of pleasure is pain.” Eveline’s mother was able to bind Eveline from leaving. The absent parent in “Eveline” plays a significant role in that they have a large influence in the character’s life; even though deceased, Eveline’s mother was still able to control her. Another example of Joycean Absences is the absence of a reliable narrator in "The Sisters." Joyce used a young nameless boy as the narrator for the short story who tells the reader what is happening as well as what he thinks of the situation. A reliable narrator would allow readers to judge a situation for themselves as oppose to being swayed by the narrator's opinion. Joyce's intention of using the young boy as a narrator appears to be because of the narrator's young mind. With a young and innocent narrator, it is more likely the narrator will state the facts of situations just as he sees it. A young mind is not likely to be influenced by outside opinion besides their own; they do not care how others think of their opinion. For example, the young boy did not take into consideration the fact that his uncle and Mr. Cotter disapproved of his and Father Flynn's relationship, it was not important to him what they or others thought. An innocent mind is only before it is influenced by others and institutions, having the young boy narrate the story is allowing readers to view the situation from an innocent point of view, it attempts to take strip readers of their own personal beliefs and influences as well.

Eveline

In James Joyce's short story "Eveline," the main character, Eveline, desires to escape the control of her abusive father but in the end she passes up the opportunity to leave. The paralysis and epiphany Eveline experiences causes her to make her last minute decision to stay behind. Throughout the entire story, Eveline remains in a state of paralysis; she makes very little action which gives the story an overall calm and standstill mood. It seems as if Eveline is lost in her thoughts and there is no track of time while she is thinking. Eveline keeps weighing the bad and the good that would come of either her decision to stay or to leave. At one point in the story, Eveline thought her life "was hard work--a hard life--but now that she was about to leave it she did not find it a wholly undesirable life" (38). Eveline is scared to leave the familiarity of her current life, even though she lives in fear, at least she knew it well. While on the other hand, leaving with Frank would bring about great changes, people, obstacles; it would bring about a whole new life (which she wants but is afraid of at the same time). Even when at the dock, Eveline is still contemplating whether or not she should leave her old life for a new one with her lover Frank. She remains lost in her thoughts and the world around her seems to be in slow-motion. Joyce transitions between the description of Eveline's surroundings and her thoughts, giving an impression of a frame-by-frame scene in which every little detail can be pointed out. In her thoughts, Eveline hears her mother repeating: "Derevaun Seranun! Derevaun Seraun!" which in Irish means:"the end of pleasure is pain." The image of her mother speaking to her causes Eveline to have an epiphany. The epiphany is that Eveline realizes that her happiness with Frank could only last so long and after the happiness part of their relationship is over, their relationship will change from pleasure to pain. Although all relationships are bound to have problems, however, Eveline does not see problem-solving as a solution. Eveline can only sees abuse and neglect and alcoholism (all of which she bases upon her father's abusive character). At that point, Eveline gets scared to leave with Frank, adding on the hesitating thought she had earlier about leaving her life and she decides that she felt safer and more comfortable staying in her old life. She is expressionless as she watches Frank call to her as the ferry leaves because she believes Frank would be no good for her future, that he would only cause her pain.

The Metamorphosis Citation Exercise

Gregor's family and Gregor's personal identity change dramatically when he becomes a vermin. In the new identity his senses are different: the hospital across the street is now beyond Gregor's range of vision. His abilities change. Shifts in spatial arrangements circumscribe Gregor's movements. His voice is transformed. Some of Gregor's changes are generated from within. Gregor hides himself completely, likes the isloation, and the remove of the furniture from his room. On the other hand, Gregor’s “disappearance” forces his parents and sister out of their own parasitic existence, leading them to a much deeper transformation. At first we can observe his family's social decline, burdened by shame and the expense of looking after their metamorphosed son; they eventually give up, bitter, tired, and angry. Later, Gregor’s parents and sister have themselves metamorphosed: they regain a youthful vigor as they begin to work, take trips to the countryside, and eventually sell the apartment they had shared with Gregor. The family no longer depend upon Gregor for all their needs; they no longer need him at all. The family leaves Gregor completely behind and makes a new life for themselves. Gregor exists only to help in the change of his family. In a sense, the story's focus is not on Gregor, but instead on his family; the change of Gergor's family is the important part. Just like how the story begins with the focus on Gregor's transformation and ends with the family's new life, the focus of the story and the power in the Samsa family shifts gradually from Gregor to the family.

Sympathy in the Metamorphosis

In his short story, “The Metamorphosis,” Franz Kafka is very consistent about maintaining an ambiguous point-of-view; Kafka was very careful to keep who the protagonist and antagonist in the story are. Kafka intend for his readers to think and judge for themselves, to decided what they should get out of the story. However, every story should have an antagonist and protagonist and in this story, Kafka has given some hints and supports to the idea that Gregor is the antagonist of the story while his family (Grete, father, and mother) are the protagonists. Having the family take the role of protagonists, naturally readers are suppose to relate and sympathize with them, therefore, there is little or no sympathy left for Gregor. One strong support of the lack of sympathy for Gregor’s character can be distinguished from this paragraph:

“We must try to get rid of it,” his sister (Grete) now said explicitly to her father, since her mother was coughing too much to hear a world, “it will be the death of both of you, I can see that coming. When one has to work as hard as we do, all of us, one can’t stand this continual torment at home on top of it. At least I can’t stand it any longer.” And she burst into such a passion of sobbing that her tears dropped on her mother’s face, where she wiped them off mechanically” (133).

This paragraph emphasizes the pain and suffering of the family as Grete informs the readers of how she miserable she felt and what a burden the bug that use to be Gregor was on the entire family. Grete’s grievance definitely draws a lot of the reader’s sympathy. However, on another note, all of Gregor’s after suffering after the metamorphosis seems to be nonexistence after Grete’s speech. Gregor never gets a dialogue describing all of his emotions, sufferings, and pains. Gregor’s status and thoughts were reported and described from time to time but he never gets to speak for himself after he was completely transformed. As an effect, Gregor’s thoughts and emotions seem less emotional and more detached, and after all, Gregor was just a bug. Gregor’s sufferings were not only minimal because of his lack of dialogue but also because of the lack of emphasis on all that Gregor has done for the family before the metamorphosis. Before the metamorphosis, Gregor worked day and night in order to support his father’s laziness, mother’s feebleness, and Grete’s youth. In exchange, Gregor gave up his life, he had no life besides work. The narrator mentioned Gregor’s life and job before the metamorphosis there were no emotions neither involved nor stirred in those paragraphs. Beyond that, Gregor’s sacrifice was minimized if not at all absent. Kafka placed heavy emphasis on the family’s meager sacrifice and suffering as oppose to Gregor’s life-long sacrifice and suffering.

The Cheese Burger Method Paragraph

In the story "Time of Passage," James Falkman’s reverse life exemplifies the little disparity between death and birth. Through this invertion of birth and death, the author is suggesting that regardless of which happens first, what's important is how one chooses to live his or her life. The strongest evidence of similarity between death and birth is how the story begins and ends the same way: with death. Falkman revives from death at the start of the story and he relives his life to the very beginning, where technically he was non-existing. There is little distinction between the start and end of the story when Falkman awakens from death only to die again at the beginning of his life. In contrast, the time between his revival and birth serves as the interest of the story. During his lifetime, Falkman experiences death, quits his job twice, marries Marion, meets Marion, graduates school, and grows up at home. Majority of the story describes the happenings of Falkman’s life and it is those happenings and that period of time that Ballard intends for the reader to focus on. The beginning and end of life is the same for everyone: nonexistent; life is the time in between the beginning and the end.

Comments:
I took out the orignial topic sentence (top bun) because it sounded very cliche and just made what was originally the first sentence of my thesis the topic sentence. I replaced my orginally thesis with the suggested thesis from SpApA, the new thesis retains the orginal thesis's point but it is more specific to the story in discussion and sounds a lot better. I did not change the rest of my paragraph (the cheese, condiments) because I felt they were fine just the way they were. It is not a specific example from the story, instead, the whole story is the example. This was fine becaue I intentionally wanted the thesis to be supported by just one paragraph, I did not intend to expand it into an entire essay. So the example is a little bit broad but I felt it was ok to be that way.

Young Goodman Brown

Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story "Young Goodman Brown" forces the reader to use their imagination to interpret what exactly happened to Goodman Brown during his night in the woods. The overall story is very vague, Hawthorne never revealed exactly what happened to Goodman Brown, whether his experience in the woods were in fact real, what was the meaning behind the woods scene, and what is the moral behind the story. Although there is a lot of ambiguity in the story, many facts hinted at the idea that Goodman Brown's experience was just a delusion constructed by the Devil himself to mislead him and ultimately change his outlook on life. The very fact that Goodman Brown's whole experience was very vague and ambiguous supports the idea of a delusion. For example, once Goodman Brown returned back to town, everyone he claims to have been at the Devil gathering were behaving normally, as before he had witnessed them at the gathering in the woods. Faith loved him as much as before he had left (as well as before she went to the gathering) and the old minister was working on his sermon (as he did before Goodman witnessed him at the gathering). Everyone was behaving as they normally did, everyone except Goodman Brown himself.
Goodman Brown changed after he returned to town. Goodman was forever under the impression that everyone in town worshipped the Devil, everyone except himself. "He shrank from the venerable saint (the old minister), as if to avoid an anathema" (p 241). When Goodman cringed from the blessings of the minister, he acted as if having a blessing placed upon him was harming him, to others it may seems as if he was against Christianity and the Devil himself is against Christianity (God). Goodman also lost his passion and love for Faith when he returned to town. He rejected and resented Faith's love and joyfulness when he once embraced and enjoyed Faith's company. In fact, Goodman resented everyone; he resented life after his experience. "A stern, a sad, a darkly meditative, a distrustful, if not a desperate man, did he become" (p 241). Goodman died a lonely, bitter, unfriendly, and gloomy old man, having lived a life which Hawthorne seemed to hint at as a sad and unfulfilled life. Goodman's outlook on life was dramatically altered after his experience, as if the Devil had gotten to him and turned him away from all the pleasures in life (love, religion, friendship, etc.).
Although it was never directly stated, the change in Goodman's character insinuated that he had indeed been touched by the Devil, even if he was unaware of it. After the experience, Goodman's life was turned upside down until the point of his death. He seemed to think that everyone around him was Devil's follower, causing him to resent everyone and life; Goodman isolated himself from life, even Christianity ("on the Sabbath-day, when the congregation were singing a holy psalm, he could not listen, because an anthem of sin rushed loudly upon his ear, and drowned all the blessed strain" (p 241)). It could very possibly be that the Devil's intention from the very beginning was to have Goodman Brown become this way; from the experience Goodman unconsciously destroyed his life himself (which is what the Devil aimed for). Ultimately, Goodman became Devil’s follower by obeying the Devil’s wish.

Thesis

In the "Time of Passage," James Falkman's reverse life exemplifies the little disparity between death and birth. The journey in between death and birth is the meaningful part of life.

Miss Emily's Facebook

Emily Grierson is annoyed by the tax collectors!
Networks: Citizens of Yoknapatawpka County
Window Sitters of America
Antisocial Women of the late 1800s
Sex: Female
Relationship Status: Convoluted
Interested In: Working Men
Looking For: Antisocial men and women
Activities: China painting, staring out of various windows, lying in dusty places
Interests: Sitting by windows, not talking for long periods of time, preserving youth
Favorite Quote: "I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago." - Edgar Allan Poe
About Me: I much prefer staying in the comfort of my old home with just my servant, myself, and dust. I feel there is nothing I could ever need from anyone else. I spend my life gracefully poised besides various windows of my home, I feel it preserves my youth, suspends my aging process for the time being. My pet peeves are the darn irritating town officials that claims I need to pay taxes and the aging process. I am very open to meeting new people as long as I do not have to talk to or socialize with them.
Wall Posts: Neighbor: Miss Emily! Let us have tea together at my place tomorrow?
Emily: I cannot. My home will loose its dreariness without me.
Neighbor: Alright. Maybe next week then?
Emily: Most likely not.

Miss Emily obviously gives off a gothic, dark, and unfriendly aura so it was only fitting her Facebook page be so. The picture is of a woman in black (as Miss Emily is so often dressed in black clothing) and the woman does not seem as old as she could be, very much like how Miss Emily likes to preserve her youth. For Miss Emily's basis information, it really exemplifies her. For example, Miss Emily is a very antisocial person, so it is only fitting she belongs to a network of fellow antisocial people so she has friends. In addition, William Faulkner did not describe very specifically of Miss Emily's personality and interests, however, he did mention many times of Miss Emily sitting in various windows of her home. It is a given that her favorite hobby was sitting still, being framed by windows, as if she is in a portrait and time is not passing by (she is not aging but instead preserving herself). The thread somewhat explains why Miss Emily is never seen outside her home: she has to maintain the dreary environment of her home (also to preserve it from changing).

"We Real Cool" Analysis

Upon first reading Gwendolyn Brooks's "We Real Cool," it seemed a pretty simple poem. Short, straight to the point sentences, much like William Carlos Williams's "This Is Just To Say." Upon further analysis and research, Brook's poem had a more in depth purpose. Obviously, the poem is about the lives of these young Pool Players and their rebel lifestyle. In more depth, the short sentences of the poem represent the short lives of Pool Players, their short lives in turn are due to their rebellious lifestyle. For example, the Pool Players "lurk late" implying they get into trouble and fights, and they "thin gin" whether it's selling watered down gin or consuming gin in a large amount. The short sentences also imply the simplicity of the Pool Player's lifestyles. The Pool Players drink, get in trouble, and fool around with women; they do not think about their future nor do they think about the consequences of their actions. Pool Players take life as it comes as them: they are born, they live, and they "Die soon.” Life is meant to be fun according to the Pool Players and so they stress living in the moment and avoiding serious issues; the most important thing to them is their image: they are “real cool.”

The reason for Brook writing this poem is not absolutely clear but it could be to show the contrast between the lives of most working people and the Pool Players. Working people take life too seriously while Pool Players don’t take life serious enough. Working people worry about bills, food, family, and work while the Pool Players only have to worry about staying cool and enjoying the short life they believe they are given. Brook may be trying to bring to light that there needs to be a steady balance of both fun and seriousness in life. If life is taken too serious, it may seem like life lasts too long due to the lack of happiness and freedom, while on the other hand, too much fun makes life very dangerous and short.

William's Parody

I Am Telling You

I am leaving
tonight
before you
get off work

I have
taken the couch
and the
computer

I also
cleared all our accounts
and I
took the dog

This is my parody of William Carlos William's "This is Just to Say," although my version has a more serious tone. My poem takes leaving apologetic notes to another level. William's "This is Just to Say" is a man leaving his wife a sarcastic note about eating plums that he was not suppose to, mine is about someone leaving a relationship and taking everything along. Serious issues are suppose to be dealt with in person or in a formal setting but instead, leaving a note about ending a relationship could be just as effective, as in this case. Similar to William's poem, the speaker in this poem is neither sorry nor serious-minded, instead they are comical and insensitive. William made note-leaving more than just about leaving a notice, he made the note-leaving process more like telling a story or having a conversation. Taking that into perspective, I wrote a poem about the ending of a relationship, a woman leaving her husband a note about leaving him and taking all his stuff while he was at work. Just like Williams, the note is telling a story and the woman is having a one-way conversation with her absent husband.

Symbolism

Symbolism is an essential part to any literary work, it not only gives the literary work more depth but it also makes the work more interesting. With symbolism, a bird is no longer a bird and water is no longer just water. With symbolism, a bird can signify freedom, beauty, grace, death, or ugliness. Water represents life, continuity, purity, sadness, or taint. A bird and water can signify both very positive as well as negative things depending on what kind of bird and what kind of water. For example, a white dove can represent freedom and beauty due to it clean, white coat and its graceful flight while a crow, on the other hand also a bird, might be an image for death and ugliness due to its dark feathers and its traditional link to witches and magic. Symbolism gives more meaning to an objective thing. In William Carlos Williams’ "The Red Wheelbarrow," line 4-5 reads:
"a red wheel
barrow"
The poem seems simple enough at first, too simple to decipher anything out of the eight lines but with deeper investigation, many hidden meaning are discovered. The "red wheel/barrow" literally means a red single-wheeled vehicle used to push things around in, but symbolically the "red" represents blood, "wheel" represents life, and "barrow" (defined as the large mound of earth or stones upon a grave) represents death. From the simple lines "a red wheel/barrow" comes the meaning: "a dying life."
Symbolism makes things more important and interesting, its hidden meaning makes readers search and analyze beyond the obvious. Not only that, symbolism can provide open interpretation for readers. One thing can symbolize many other different things and it can hold different meanings and values for different people. It all depends upon the reader's mind of thought, experiences, and knowledge of the history behind the literary work. That is what makes this literary device so popular: it allows a piece of literary work to be adapted for all audiences from all walks of life.

Imagery and Language

This picture really represented the overall emotion in Sylvia Plath's "Daddy." The poem is full of anger, resentment, and violence resulting from the anger and resentment. Plath obliviously had a lot of bottled up emotion towards both her father and her ex-husband that she flooded this poem with. This picture is of an angry face being pushed by a strong hand, much like how Plath's life was dominated by her father and ex-husband, both physically and mentally. The face is basically Plath's internal emotions and the hand is her father and ex-husband. Plath described her father and husband using various words that implied strength, control, and violence, words such as: "God," "statue," "Marble-heavy," and "wars." The hand in the image definitely displays all three qualities: strength (pushing down upon the head), control (the firm grip on the head), and violence (the forceful and rough handling of the head). The same applies to the way Plath described her own emotions: "barely daring" (fear), "stuck" (helplessness), and "kill" (anger). The head in the picture is in fear because it at the mercy of the hand, helpless because it cannot overpower the hand, and angry because it is living in fear and being controlled. The strong words Plath carefully choose in her poem to describe the thoughts and emotions within herself presents a strong, effective, and convincing image. Although it is very obvious what the negative feelings behind the poem are, having an image further enhances what the poem is trying to convey. An image aids the reader in imagining and understanding the poem, they can relate the image to the poem and visually see what the poet wants the reader to take away from the poem.

Ferrara's "My Last Duchess"

Personally, I feel Ferrar's "My Last Duchess" is a very enjoyable poem. Although over a century old, the poem is very entertaining, as if it was a part taken from a movie script. The speaker seems to be on the verge of a psychotic break right before he regains himself, like murderours in movies. Unlike many other poems, the speaker in "My Last Duchess" was a very developed character. In the short monologue, the speaker revealed a lot of himself to the audience. For example, as the speaker unveils the Duchess's painting and introduces his deceased wife, what starts off as a light introduction soon turns into a confession. The speaker is consumed with the memory of his recent wife, particularly of the bad habits she possessed. Unintentionally, the speaker begins to nagg to his audience about his recent wife. About how the Duchess flirted with other men and was very easily pleased. It becomes very obvious the speaker's dispitefullness toward the Duchess and it climaxes when the speaker said, "I gave commands;/ Then all smiles stopped together. There she stands/ As if alive" (lines 45-47). The count realizes that he has gone too far and returns himself to the present, returning to the to role of the polite host.
Anyone can tell that something is unsettling in the speaker's mind, and not only that, the speaker is a very controlling and demanding person. He was unable to accept the innocent gestures and characteristics of the Duchess and when she disobeyed his orders, he decided that he was done with her once and for all. The dialogue starts out with a introduction and a problem, presents a climax and solution, and ends with a conclusion; all in 56 lines.
Besides just the content, the form of the poem also personifies the speaker. Ferrara made sure that the entire poem followed a couplet rhyme scheme. Besides being a formal poem structure, the rhyme scheme helps convey the controlling personality of the speaker; the speaker has to control every line of his dialogue like he had to control the Duchess or else. In addition, as the poem goes on, the speaker's sentences evolve into short and incomplete statements (particularly at at the climax). The short and incomplete statements gives the feeling that the speaker is loosing his controll, he is getting too deep into his thoughts, and he is getting very excited.
"My Last Duchess" is a great example of the importance of a poem's form. A poem's form can add additional details to the subject of the poem and further bring the poem to life.

Poetic Form Response

Dante Gabriel Rossetti's "A Sonnet Is a Moment's Monument" 1st Octet in prose form:

A Sonnet is a picture of a single span of time--
A permanent dedication from the deepest thoughts of the poet
Dedicated to a past time so that it could be kept alive forever.
Whether written to express happiness or to forewarn,
It always is written from the heart, full of feelings and passion.
In whatever shape or form,
As the days and years go by,
People through the decades will still be able to see the beauty and value of the sonnet.

Although I am not a big fan of poems, I still can see that there is a drastic change in the beauty of the poem when it is transformed into prose form. One of the signs of a well written poem is its ability to describe and express huge amounts of emotions, passions, setting, and meanings with just a few simple words. Once I translated Rossetti's sonnet into prose form, it seemed as if the large amount of passion behind the sonnet disappeared. In prose form, anyone can read the poem and understand it and it no longer becomes an art, instead, it seems to be just an ordinary piece of writing. The art of writing a poem is largely in choosing the perfect words to describe each subject, because even when a word similar in meaning is chosen, it does not necessarily possess the power to pursuade or bring to life an idea.