Sonnet 41 My poem “Those pretty wrongs that liberty commits” (sonnet 41) by William shakespeare is a very unique poem that speaks for itself. This poem was published in 1840.This was around the Elizabethan literature era these were body of works written during the reign of elizabeth l of england which was around 1558 through 1603. This was the most splendid age in history of english literature. Around this era poets such as sir philip sidney richard hooker and of course william shakespeare’s work was discovered. I feel because of queen elizabeth's reign many people were affected by it and inspired many poets to write and speak for others about it. William shakespears work was very difficult to understand since modern english is different from old english but still alike in many ways. The message of this poem is given directly to the other person whom he wrote it to, which …show more content…
Not only temptation takes a role in this poem but lust as well the poet basically says that her lust tempts her. He implies that it's easy for her to have an affair with another person.this poem has many literary devices and 3 literary devices i chose to talk about are alliteration repetition and metaphor. This poem has lines such as “Thine by thy beauty being false to me” and here in this line i refer to alliteration because is the occurrence of the same letter in the line. This literary device makes the poem what it is it gives it that special effect because of it and because of it you can see its old english not modern english. This poem consists of repetition as well and i can say the same line as i said before and the word “Thy” repeats throughout the poem as well this literary device makes the poem what it is as well many poems and including modern poets use repetion as well and in this poem he uses “thy” directly to the person in other words his lover in the poem. Shakespeare's poems are difficult to understand but unlike other poems it has many literary devices used today in