2. A. He Is in Disgrace with Luck and People S Opinions

Sonnets 29 and 106 p. 260

2. a. He is in disgrace with luck and people’s opinions. b. It makes him curse his fate and hate his life.

3. a. Thoughts of his beloved cause the shift in his mood. b. The first eight lines are somber and dark in mood, while the final six lines are happy and bright. c. The speaker states that his love makes him wealthier than a king.

4. a. It is prefiguring (resembling and so suggesting beforehand) the speaker’s beloved. b. The writers of the past did not have enough skill; the writers of the present cannot speak at all. c. Their failures show that the lady’s beauty is inexpressible.

5. Sonnet 29 – Speaker is sincere and humble. Sonnet 106 – Speaker is a romantic prone to exaggeration.

Sonnets 116 and 130

2. a. Love is compared to the North Star. b. True love and the North Star are constant and unchanging. Like the North Star, love is a guide in one’s life.

3. a. The effects of time include the death of “rosy lips and cheeks” within Time’s sickle, and the passing of “brief hours and weeks.” b. Time has little or no effect on love; love outlasts time.

4. a. Her lips are not red as coral; her cheeks are not like roses; her breath is not like perfume; her voice is not like music. b. She is an EARTHLY being; as opposed to idealized lovers who are compared to angels.