![]() ![]() But in fact, as the reader starts to unpack these lines by applying queer theory, the rules and regulations become broken and the idea of relationships and love from this historical era start to emerge. At first, the structure appears to be following the traditional rule-regulated form of the Sonnet. Sonnet 18s structure is laid out in typical Shakespearean Sonnet form, consisting of 14 lines of iambic pentameter, three quatrains and is closed by a two-line couplet. This analysis focuses on the form of Sonnet 18 (Shakespeare 2005:259) and will discuss how its use of poetic features such as figurative language, imagery and structure emphasise its radical themes of identity, love and lust. The reader can assume that this speaker is being used as a mirage to camouflage Shakespeare’s own desire for homosexuality. The main idea in this poem is focused on the beauty of the subject, whose looks hold such power, it infatuates the speaker. Much of Shakespeare’s work revolted against the capital obscurities of the Renaissance period, which is one of the defining linguistic features addressed within his 154 sonnets, of which 126 are addressed by a male speaker towards a youthful male muse. ![]() ![]() Sonnets regularly consider issues such as that of race, gender, and sexuality and poets can cleverly disguise the speaker’s love object dynamic to insert non-heterosexual states of desire into their work. ![]() When observing the Early Modern Sonnet form, it is noticeable how much of the content is engaged with issues of diverse minority groups. ![]()
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