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Informationen zum Autor Darrel Walters, a former public school teacher and university professor with a Ph.D. from The University of Michigan, has published books on writing skills and assessment techniques, and written poetry for both children and adults. He presents poetry programs in various venues, and his intense interest in the sonnets of Shakespeare has prompted him to make The Sonnets eminently accessible to readers of all ages. Klappentext In partnerships with the website sonnetsofshakespeare.com, which contains video recordings of the author reciting each sonnet, The Wit and Wisdom of Shakespeare thoroughly demystifies 32 of Shakespeare's sonnets. Each is presented and illuminated by a short Essence Statement, clarified in a Diagram for Greater Understanding, and described in a unique and entertaining narrative description. Embedded within the descriptions are tidbits of interesting information about Shakespeare, his associates, and cultural circumstances of the time-along with writing techniques and word play in which Shakespeare indulged, and observations from Shakespeare scholars. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword PrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter One: The Sonnets of William Shakespeare Background and Perspective The Sonnet Format The Organization of This Book Suggestions for Using This Book Chapter Two: Living Life's SpanSonnet 2Your youthful beauty will fade, but you can duplicate it by having a child Sonnet 50Journeys oppress me with the miles they put between us Sonnet 66Human frailties irk me; your love is my only consolation Sonnet 30Your presence, dear friend, salves my many mid-life regrets Sonnet 60Time passes cruelly for all, but I leave to posterityhigh praise for you Sonnet 73My advanced age shortens our time left together,making your love for me more strong Sonnet 74After my body is gone, the best of me will remain with you in my verse Chapter Three: Seeing the Unseen Sonnet 47My eye and heart work together to keep you presenteven when you are away Sonnet 27When I travel I recall your image to beautify the darkness of night Sonnet 61When you travel, I recall your image and worry about who you are withSonnet 113When you and I are apart, I superimposeyour image on everything Sonnet 43I see best while asleep, as that is whenmy dreams show you to me Sonnet 24I carry your image in my heart, but Ineed you to reveal your inner self Chapter Four: Declaring Devotion Sonnet 76My writing lacks variety only becauseyou are my sole subject Sonnet 91What others covet means nothing to me:you are everything Sonnet 143I will support your surging ambitions, andin return ask only for love and kindness Sonnet 29Though I am lowly, your love is so rich thatI rejoice in being me and having you Sonnet 37Fortune has failed to smile on me, so Ilive life vicariously through you Sonnet 116With apologies to those who already know, Ipreach of the unwavering nature of true love Chapter Five: Managing RelationshipsSonnet 128I am infatuated with you, and long for your touch Sonnet 80I pursue you in desperate hope of overcoming the competition Sonnet 109My absence has damaged our relationship, butyou need to know that you mean everything to meSonnet 20Your fineness suggests that Mother Natureintended you for a woman, but changed her mind Sonnet 115When I first wrote of my love for you I wasnaïve about how much it would continue to grow Sonnet 90If you will hate me and leave me, do it nowrather than add to later woes Sonnet 147I am enslaved by a sick, destructive lovethat has chased away all reasonChapter Six: Keeping Beauty AliveSonnet 15I restore to you through my verse whatTime takes from you through decaySonnet 55Through my verse you will outlive grandstructures and inspire posterity's loversSonnet 54When your outer beauty fades, my versewill testify to your inner substanceSonnet 17My verse lauding your beauty w...
