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Abstract/Description
Shakespeare’s Sonnet 66 inspired the sonnet I wrote, but I wanted to take a more modern approach to tackle and challenge the original piece. In Sonnet 66, Shakespeare writes about a love that is separated by societal expectations. He is forbidden from loving that person and lists his issues; with a peaceful couplet stating that the love he has is enough to keep him happy. Context from the sonnet indicated that it was a same-sex love, as it was forbidden at the time. In contrast, my piece tells the story of a man who is in love with a woman, a love so strong that it “resembles a song” of love, but despite having the world he cannot be happy. I wanted to keep the writing structure like the original piece, so it starts with a line that is partially repeated in the final couplet, and that starting two lines starts the list of positives in my case.
Recommended Citation
Lavallee, Christopher
(2021).
Sonnet –66.
Undergraduate Review, 16, 109-110.
Available at: https://vc.bridgew.edu/undergrad_rev/vol16/iss1/15
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