A Petition For Some Time Off Sonnet XIX, by William Shakespeare, primarily discusses Shakespeare's plea to Time itself to stop the process of aging upon Shakespeare's lover. Shakespeare's unique use of Apostrophe, metaphors, and line divisions allow for an almost persuasive sonne...

Arguing For Romantic Love One of the biggest debates at the turn of the seventeenth century was determining who was responsible for choosing a mate and what criteria that mate must possess in order to be suitable for marriage. The Canonization by John Donne continues with the metaphysical style o...