During the seventeenth century, William Shakespeare was a man who was beyond his
time and showed his ability through his writing. Shakespeare was clever with working around
forbidden love and making readers question him and the knowledge he had about the golden
man, Henry Wriothesley. Shakespeare was a true master of fantasizing love that was frowned
upon and making his works come alive through his writing. In Sonnet 18, William Shakespeare
uses diction, imagery and rhyme to speak of the golden young man to show that some love is
forbidden.
Shakespeare’s diction is a puzzle of why and how he mentions certain pieces in his
poem. He describes the golden man as a beautiful young man with gorgeous hair and fair skin.
His word
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Rhyme also
helps with the diction and imagery because it makes the poem flow much easier and gives it
more of that puzzling aspect that it needs in order to give the reader a challenge but also a good
understanding of the golden man and how diction can play into rhyme by choosing the words
you need and rhyming them to describe a person who you look to for compassion and affection.
Rhyme can also show that the poem does not rhyme in the form of literacy but his love should
flow in the way of life like how regular love flows through life and society.
The love Shakespeare had was forbidden and was only able to express it in writing.
The golden man seemed to not know that Shakespeare was eyeing him but Shakespeare could
not express his feelings for Henry Wriothesley in his life. He expresses himself through the use
of diction and imagery to show readers that centuries from his time that the love he feels should
not be forbidden but should be accepted into society. Showing that Shakespeare was an exquisite
writer and mastered the art of