Prompt:
Write a comparative analysis of two sonnets concerning a similar theme. Compare and contrast the use of devices such as tone, figurative language, diction, versification, etc.
Themes: love, desire,
Introduction
Spencer- From Amoretti
Sonnet 1
Immortalizing love through poetry
love is cruel
Reference to mythology
love supersedes her creulty
William Shakespeare- sonnet 18
Immortalizing beauty through poetry
compares beauty
love / beauty compared to seasons
spencer’s poem opens up with the idea of relaying or immortalizing his “love” through verse. though he