赏析莎士比亚Sonnet97.doc

Appreciation of Shakespeare Sonnet 97 Imago about time plays a most important role in Shakespeare Sonnet. They were used not only once in the lines. For example, “summer” appears in sonnet1, 6, 12,54,65,68 and 97, together 20 times in total, “winter” appears the half. “Spring” was found about six times, while “autumn” appears the half. All of these imagoes were used as metaphors in Shakespeare Sonnet 97, making it more beautiful and meaningful. Spring is the first season of a year, it indicates a new start. It is a symbol of hope. In Shakespeare Sonnet, spring represent novelty and energy. Autumn means plentiful and generosity. Sweet spring implies a wonderful inner world while abundant autumn indicates a beautiful outer world. Such as the sentence “The teeming autumn, big with rich increase, bearing the wanton burden of the prime” shows a well-combination of both the good appearance and pure heart of his friend. She has the spring’s energy and autumn’s profusion. Here “teeming” and “wanton” are used as transferred epithet, to get a better effect in thinking. In England, summer is very short and often with a wet weather. It is always regarded as the best season of the year. So in Shakespeare Sonnet, summer usually represents nice things. Since time goes on, nothing can stop the waning steps of summer, the author also thinks of his friend’s deprecation. “And this time removed was summer’s time” is a good example to support it. Winter has many morals in Shakespeare Sonnet. Sometimes it likes a monster which would like to capture the beauty of his friend; sometimes it just refers people who are aged. But it is also symbolizes the author’s lost feelings occasionally. The point plays well in this sonnet 97. When the author had to separate with his initiate friend in summer, he felt freezing like in winter. All the imagoes are not real, they all come from the author’s imagination, fulfill with his upset feelings. Here “what freezing…what dark days…what old December…” is