Sonnet 60
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Sonnet 60 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, meditating on the relentless passage of time and its effects on human life and beauty.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English sonnet
ⓘ
Shakespearean sonnet ⓘ literary work ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| addresses | a young man ⓘ |
| author | William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToSequence | Fair Youth sonnets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | one of Shakespeare's best-known sonnets ⓘ |
| closingCoupletFunction | asserts poetry's power to outlast time ⓘ |
| collection | Quarto of 1609 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrast |
temporal change and poetic permanence
ⓘ
youth and aging ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1609 ⓘ |
| focus | inevitability of decay ⓘ |
| form | sonnet ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| imagery |
scythe of Time
ⓘ
sun's journey across the sky ⓘ waves moving toward a shore ⓘ |
| influence | frequently anthologized in English literature collections ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lineCount | 14 ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
alliteration
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enjambment ⓘ metaphor ⓘ personification of Time ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | English Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meterType | regular iambic pentameter with variations ⓘ |
| metricalPattern | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| numberInSequence | 60 ⓘ |
| openingLine | Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore ⓘ |
| partOf | Shakespeare's sonnets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GG ⓘ |
| structure | three quatrains and a final couplet ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Renaissance literature courses
ⓘ
Shakespeare studies ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | time's impact on human life and beauty ⓘ |
| theme |
aging
ⓘ
destructive power of time ⓘ human life ⓘ mortality ⓘ passage of time ⓘ poetry as preservation ⓘ transience of beauty ⓘ |
| tone |
meditative
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melancholic ⓘ |
| voltaPosition | around line 9 ⓘ |
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