ENG 1121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Assonance, Petrarchan Sonnet
21 Apr 2016
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This is a petrarchan or italian sonnet (abba) Proteus is an old man of the sea, and the shepherd of the sea dwellers (according to. Greek mythology: he was famous for being able to constantly change his shape (might have being. Octave uses obscure language in very odd ways. Muted coronet means a silent or silenced thrown (small crown: possibly a person who is of power but this power is not obvious, king is fearful, handicapped, frightened of the future. To dangle from debilitated heads means to hang loosely from weak heads: possibly a fallen leader, who must retain or obtain control of the future. We have an image of riverbeds, seas, birds, rots, rises and navigation, coronets, kings: all part of an order of society (last three) they are all fixed/ordered. Attempts to impose order: the natural things (first six) are all protean or constantly changing.
