FIGURES OF SPEECH

Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck;

(Sonnet 14)

• POLYSYNDETON

• HYPERBATON

• POLYPTOTON

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Lo, thus, by day my limbs, by night my mind,

For thee and for myself no quiet find.

(Sonnet 27)

• ANTITHESIS

• ANAPHORA

• ALLITERATION

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

That time of year thou mayst in me behold

When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang

Upon these boughs which shake against the cold,

(Sonnet 73)

• POLYPTOTON

• POLYSYNDETON

• OXYMORON

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

A bliss in proof, and prov'd, a very foe.

(Sonnet 129)

• POLYSYNDETON

• POLYPTOTON

• OXYMORON

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea,

(Sonnet 65)

• ANAPHORA

• ANTITHESIS

• ALLITERATION

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

O fearful meditation! Where, alack,

Shall Time's best jewel from Time's chest lie hid?

(Sonnet 65)

• PERSONIFICATION

• SYNECDOCHE

• POLYPTOTON

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Save my soul's imaginary sight

(Sonnet 27)

• ASSONANCE

• ANAPHORA

• ALLITERATION

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Presents thy shadow to my sighless view,

(Sonnet 27)

• POLYPTOTON

• ANTITHESIS

• OXYMORON

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

O, none, unless this miracle have might,

That in black ink my love may still shine bright.

(Sonnet 65)

• METONYMY

• SYNECDOCHE

• ANTITHESIS

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed,

The dear repose for limbs with travel tired;

(Sonnet 27)

• PERSONIFICATION

• SYNECDOCHE

• METONYMY

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4