Sonnet 139 potentially in line 9. Line 13 exhibits a rightward movement of the fourth ictus (resulting in a four-position figure, codice_1, sometimes referred to as a "minor ionic"): The meter demands both occurrences of "power" in line 4 function as single syllables. The words "elsewhere" (lines 5 and 12) and "outright" (line 14) are double-stressed, and in this context move their stresses to the second syllable. Sonnet 139 Sonnet 139 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. Sonnet 139 is an English or Shakespearean sonnet. The English sonnet has three quatrains, followed by a
Sonnet 63 as he, the poet, is now. The passing of time will drain the young man’s blood, carve wrinkles in his face, erode and wear away all of his beauty. Time will eventually take away the young man. To prevent the young man’s beauty being cut from memory, this sonnet will be read and will preserve the memory of the young man’s beauty. Unlike Sonnet 2, in which immortality is gained through procreation, here it is gained in the reading of this poem ("these black lines"). Sonnet 63 is an English or Shakespearean sonnet. The English sonnet has three quatrains, followed