Analysis Of Sonnet 7 ( `` Lo, The Orient, When The...

In Sonnet 7 (â€Å"Lo, in the orient, when the gracious light..†), one out of the 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet, William Shakespeare, focuses on the burden of beauty and how human life can be compared to the passage of the sun rising and setting. Throughout the whole poem, the advice is given to the young man, to follow the sun and its direction. This sonnet is written in iambic pentameter, consists of three quatrains and ends with a couplet while following the rhyme scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. The poet s way of using poetic and literary devices such as rhythm, alliteration, and caesuras strengthens the poem’s argument that the sun and man must coexist to live on and that the only way for the youth to ensure their†¦show more content†¦The located enjambments help the two fragments connect and keep the rhythm going. There is also alliteration that appears specifically consonances like having, heavenly, and hill. By using alliteration, th e poet is describing and building up suspense to the truth of the resemblance between the sun and the man. Interestingly enough, the first line of the first two quatrains both have 11 syllables in them, and they relate because the gracious light is coming from the sky, and to get there, you must climb the steep up heavenly hill, using 11 syllables demonstrates the connection between the two lines. There is also an off-rhyme of eye-majesty and age-pilgrimage, this was probably done to be able to correctly fit 11 syllables in one line while trying to get straight to the point. After explaining the importance of the sun and the youth, a volta occurs in the third quatrain, indicating to the readers a change in mood while creating a hopeful vibe through a perfect iambic line.†But when from the high-most pitch, with weary car..† the author encloses a hidden meaning within the line that even though it is nice to have others notice your presence, there is a setback, but that there s a solution to it. Although as explained in the first two quatrains, the sun and the man is greatly admired for their beauty, it starts to be a burden, especially because eventually that admiration fades away and people will start to forget and become unattentive. Therefore he is suggesting