Katie Gross 4 Mrs. Dolcini March 26, 2015 The Script/ Edmnd Spenser !ompare and !ontrast 1" # parado$ parado$ %rom the the son& '(rea)e*en+ '(rea)e*en+ is 'st 'st pra-ed pra-ed to a God that dont (elie*e (elie*e in.+ in.+ The poem also has a parado$ in it, sa-in& 'hich all thin&s melts, shold harden ice,+ This is sa-in& that that e*er-thin& cold shold h arden into 'ice+, (t instead it melts. is lo*e is the e$act opposite o% him, doin& e*er-thin& and choosin& the di%%erent path o% him in e*er- decision. nstead o% doin& hat he does, and %olloin& his path, she chooses a hole di%%erent path and decides to &o the e$act opposite a-. 2" There are manman- 'slants+ 'slants+ ritten ritten in the poem and son&. son&. To To slants ritten ritten in the the son& '(rea)e*en+ are leaving, even and pain, and pain, blame. blame. Since he is sin&in& a(ot a(o t the loss o% the &irl he lo*ed, her lea*in& him made him stron&er, stron&er, and to &ro more 'e*en+. The (lame and pain that the &irl cased him to s%%er. e lo*ed her a lot, and to ha*e her al) ot on him reall- hrt him. " # metaphor metaphor in in the son& '3rea)e*en+ '3rea)e*en+ is 'case 'case hen a heart (rea) (rea) it dont dont (rea) e*en.+ e*en.+ e isnt literall- meanin& that the heart (rea)s in to, (t that his loss and pain hrts li)e his heart (ro)e. # simile %rom 'Sonnet 0+ is 'M- lo*e is li)e to ice, and to %ire+ e re%ers to himsel% to the %ire, (ri&ht and (eati%l. is lo*e the ice the e$act opposite. She is cold, and *ain. 4" n the %irst %irst line, hen hen the narrator narrator sa-s 'm- lo*e lo*e is li)e to ice, ice, and to %ire+, )no )no he is re%errin& to a oman (ecase he is comparin& her ice, sa-in& she is ice and he is %ire. e and his lo*e are one thin&, (t ice and %ire are the e$act opposite, so he is re%errin& to the oman he lo*es. 5" Mr. Edmnd Spenser Spenser is *er- creati creati*e *e and cle*er hen hen it comes to e$a&&erati e$a&&eration on hen e sa-s 'Sch is the poer o% lo*e in &entle mind, that it can alter all the corse o% )ind.+ e doesnt actall- mean that lo*e can chan&e cha n&e the orld, (t that it is sch a poer%l emotion to ha*e. 7o*e can (rea) thin&s, or mend them (ac) toðer in a short time. (elie*e that -o can &o *er- %ar in the orld i% -o ha*e people ho care and lo*e -o ( -or side. 6" The rh-me rh-me scheme in in Sonnet 0 is is a(a(, cdcd, cdcd, e%e%, &&. &&. 7ots o% people people call call this rh-me rh-me scheme the 'Sha)espearean Sonnet+ (ecase Sha)espeare lo*ed to se this t-pe o% rh-me scheme in his poems .
8" Spenser ses ses the to ords, ords, onder%l onder%l and and miraclos miraclos in a *er- stran&e, stran&e, -et compellin compellin& & a-. hen he sa-s, 'hat more o% a miraclos thin& ma- (e told, that %ire, hich all thin&s melts, shold harden ice,+ he is tr-in& tr -in& to pt ot that he doesnt )no an-thin& an -thin&
stran&er that his lo*e can psh her aa-. nstead o% sin& miraclos as somethin& that (rin&s o- and srprise, (t ncom%orta(le and psettin&. 9" eno-ed '(rea)e*en+ more than 'Sonnet 0+ (ecase cold decipher the script (etter. There ere parts o% the Sonnet that ere *er- con%sin&, and had to reread it mltiple times, hereas the son& connected ith on the %irst read. also li)ed ho The Script chose their ordin& and ho to tell the stor- (etter than the Sonnet. :" The %act that (oth o% these pieces o% artor) (oth %ocs on the same topic, heart(rea), and are almost 400 -ears apart shos ho mch hmans %ollo each others %ootsteps. e ha*e e*ol*ed tremendosl-, and ha*e ad*anced in man- aspects o% or societ-, (t hen it comes to or emotions and moralit-, e are still stc) on ho to ntist and nderstand them. The people ho nderstand them and chose to not maniplate them &o so mch %arther in the orld than people ho dont. dont (elie*e that e ill e*er to %ll- nderstand or emotions.
