SONNET 130 by William Shakespeare
Pre-reading SIFT Analysis
• SENSE
• INTENTION
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FORM
• TONE
Contextual questions
1. What is implied about the speaker's mistress in the opening line?
2. Account for the use of the word, 'treads', in line 12.
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3. Refer to lines 7-8: 'And in some... my mistress reeks.'
Comment on the effectiveness of the image in the context of the poem.
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4. Critically discuss how the rhyming couplet reinforces the central message of the
poem.
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