Before this semester, I hated the thought of reading anything by Shakespeare. Because of this, when our class was given a poetry essay, I chose to pick a Shakespeare sonnet. We were given seven choices by different writers and asked to give a close reading with our interpretation. I did not go down the list to explore my options. I wanted a challenge for myself as a writer. My interpretations of Shakespeare have always been less than par for my typical. Therefor, I chose Sonnet 130, mixed in a little Sonnet 33 for comparison, and wrapped it up with some light reading of Sonnet 116 that I did not end up adding to the paper.
The paper was a challenge, as expected. However, it turned out better than I had hoped. I laughed at my professor when he told our class, "You might not like him by the end of the semester but you will learn to appreciate him." He was right.
"Love is not love/ Which alters when it alteration finds" Sonnet 116
ann anise.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
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