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Gardner English 2 12 Sept 2013 Sonnet 52 So am I as the rich, whose blessed key, Can bring him to his sweet up-locked treasure, The which he will not every hour survey, For blunting the fine point of seldom pleasure. Therefore are feasts so solemn and so rare, Since, seldom coming in the long year set, Like stones of worth they thinly placed are, Or captain jewels in the carcanet. So is the time that keeps you as my chest, Or as the wardrobe which the robe doth hide, To make some special instant special-blest, By new unfolding his imprisoned pride. Blessed are you whose worthiness gives scope, Being had, to triumph, being lacked, to hope.

Sonnet 52 Analysis In William Shakespeares Sonnet 52 the authors materialistic treasures are inconstant: his love is an eternal treasure that never tarnishes, but is locked away from him due to unfortunate circumstances. This is the theme explored in William Shakespeares fifty-second sonnet, through the very careful choice of diction and imagery. In the sonnet, the author talks about his love, comparing her to treasure. This comparison is made throughout the whole sonnet, even if he is not actually comparing her to gold and jewels. The best piece of evidence that supports this theme is in lines seven and eight: Like stones of worth thinly placed are, / Or captain jewels in the carcanet. A carcanet is a bejeweled necklace that has precious stones on it. These stones of worth thinly placed on the long string can be taken literally, or they can represent infrequent moments of worth or joy over the infinite string of time. These moments can be with a person special to the narrator, and these times of joy are infrequent due to the lover being kept from the narrator. Another very important piece of evidence is in line ten: Or as the wardrobe in which the robe doth hide, which gives a clue as to who the sonnet is about. The robe

Thomas Hancock Ms. Gardner English 2 12 Sept 2013 in the statement is symbolic for a deferred love. There should be someone inside the robe, but it is empty, like the void in someones heart when someone they love is from them. The fact that the robe is hiding inside a wardrobe is also symbolic of a confined secret. This secret could be the love the narrator has for someone, but the narrator cant tell anyone about it for fear of hurting himself and others. It is very reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet: a secret and deferred love that cant be satisfied is causing all of the problems. As a result of this deferred love in Sonnet 52, the narrator blesses or praises those whose loves are not deferred, because they have what he lacks and hopes for. The author immortalizes his deferred love through personifying her as treasure that tarnishes; a love that causes strife. Original Sonnet

There she is, so round and so luminous Free of the cursed deflation of time. Red beauty, to which I am a witness; Deep shade of color that all want to mime. Magnificence, oh how can I compare? Small in stature, while she shines with her might Throughout the earth, her red glow is so rare, My blue luminescence, faint in the night. Such is the wall that divides us two globes,

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Keeping those meant for each other apart Segregation separating two loves, To keep us unhappy is fates cruel art. Red and Blue, obsessed with their own wounds, Keeping apart two loving balloons.