Hour
. About : love and time in endless feud. 'Love's time's beggar, but even a single hour, bright as a dropped coin makes love rich Suggesting. . .. love can be made rich because they are together. time has the upper hand because love has to beg for more time
Love is not to be : wasted on cliches- ie; petty valentine's gifts- We find an hour together, spend it not on flowers or wine, but the whole of the summer sky and a grass ditchBut on nature.theme throughout the poem- No jewel hold a candle to the cuckoo spit hung from the blade of grass at you ear, no chandelier or spotlight see you better lit than hereSuggesting. . .that material goods have no comparison to the beauty of nature
Time is more precious than money
Suggested by . . . Second stanzaFor thousands of second we kiss; your hairlike treasure on the ground; the Midas lightturning your limbs to gold. Time slows, for herewe are millionaires, backhanding the nightSo- they're savoring their time together- comparisons of the object of desire to objects of value show how much more love is worth- the currency they're rich with is love and time- They're preventing the night from coming, from time progressing.
Form structure and Language
Sonnet- ultimate love poem of Shakespeare's creation. Addressed to the lover- makes it intimate and direct Enjambment between 2nd and 3rd and 3rd and 4th stanzas creates pauses that reflect the stopping of time that they are experiencing Cherishing the moment- love is felt to be precious and valuable Strong belief- poem expresses faith that love isn't time's slave Physical pleasure- love isn't idealized pure devotion of some traditional poems, but real and physical as well
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