The Art of Shakespeare’s SonnetsHelen Vendler, widely regarded as our most accomplished interpreter of poetry, here serves as an incomparable guide to some of the best-loved poems in the English language. |
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Helen Vendler. Structure of Sonnet 69 VIEWERS YOUNG MAN Soul Soil [ Soul ] Heart's thoughts Mind Eyes Tongues Outward parts Deeds ever beautiful , of the young man . The young man's outward parts govern the first two lines ; the charily ...
... soul ( leading the reader to expect moral or re- ligious content ) . Progressively more abrupt hectoring questions are ad- dressed in the octave to the speaker's poor soul : Why dost thou pine ? Why dost thou spend ? Shall worms eat up ...
... soul has been feeding its rebel powers instead of itself , and consequently it pines within . The rebel powers eat up its store . And when the body those powers inhabit falls victim to mortality , worms will eat up the soul's charge ...