Text: William Shakespeare's Sonnet No.-1From Fairest Creatures We Desire IncreaseWilliam ShakespeareFrom Fairest creatures we desire increase,That thereby beauty's rose might never die,But as the riper should by time deceased,His tender heirmight bear his memory:But thou contracted to thine own bright eyes,Feed'st thy light's flame with self-substantial fuel,Making...

"I Find No Peace", a typical Petrarchan sonnet, written by Thomas Wyatt is about the effect of love on an earnest lover. The poem exposes the mental agony of a lover who has lost himself in the intense passion of love. He is pendulating between the contradictory passions like love and hatred, hope and fear, earnestness and passivity, freedom and captivity, delight and depression,...

*Here the poet, Wordsworth refers to the beauty of London as is viewed in the morning from the Westminster Bridge.          *The beauty of the London refers to the beauty of the things which one can see in London such as ships, domes, theatres, temples etc.          *This beauty is ‘silent’ because...

This extracted line is quoted from G. M. Hopkins' memorable poem, "Pied Beauty" which is written in the summer of 1877 when the poet was studying theology at Pantasap in North Wales.          Here 'He' suggests the God who has blessed us by giving this pied beauty of all things in this universe. God is the creator of the dappled things of the world. He produces...

These lines are taken from Shakespeare's sonnet 'Let me not to the marriage of true minds', celebrates the poet's high regard of love.        In the opening of sonnet 116, Shakespeare alludes to the Marriage service in the Book of Common Prayers and he refers to the marriage ritual. In the Christian Marriage ritual, before the union of the bride and the bridegroom,...

This line occurs in Shakespeare's sonnet No. 18. The poet here emphasizes the transitoriness of all living object of Nature.       The poet means the beauty of every beautiful person or object decreases with time. No beautiful thing has a permanent lease of life. It is the law of Nature. The enduring charms of everything are sure to decline someday or other. Nothing...

This line is taken from 'Shall I Compare Thee' written by William Shakespeare. The poet here boldly affirms the perpetual continuity of his friend's summer despite the ravages wrecked by time.    The 'eternal summer' of the poet's friend who is 'the world's fresh ornament' is referred to here.      Here 'eternal summer' means the youthful beauty which is...