{"product_id":"sonnet-130-by-william-shakespeare-a-conventional-romantic-poem-von-rashna-jennifer-qadria","title":"Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare. A Conventional Romantic Poem?","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeminar paper from the year 2017 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,3, University of Wuppertal, language: English, abstract: This paper examines the completely different image of a \"mistress\" Shakespeare created in Sonnet 130 with the help of a specific rhyme scheme and various types of stylistic devices. His choice of the poetic devices leads the reader to change their perceptions about a perfect and beautiful \"mistress\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the earlier ages, many authors in the Elizabethan period followed the tradition of the famous poet Petrarch, who described a \"mistress\" as an idealized woman, a beauty a lot of women cannot acquire. The description of a \"mistress\" was in Petrarch's love poems similar. A human being with no blemish was presented to the reader. At the end of the Elizabethan Age, the poems about a \"mistress\" changed. William Shakespeare, a famous actor and writer, began to write various types of plays and sonnets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn contrast from other authors, Shakespeare switched the gender he wanted to praise. For a long time, the readers at this time were used to reading love poems about a ¿mistress¿. Nevertheless, Shakespeare chose to honour a man than a woman. About 26 sonnets, written by Shakespeare, were about a lady with many different characteristics than it was common at his time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783346219138\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783346219138","offer_id":39424248184925,"sku":"9783346219138","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/6e196457-bd4f-46e5-ad51-4ec9be6accc9.jpg?v=1776917756","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/sonnet-130-by-william-shakespeare-a-conventional-romantic-poem-von-rashna-jennifer-qadria","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}