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? Sonnet 71 by William Shakespeare is not one of his most known, but Mark Van Doren said it to be, “one of the perfect English poems, though it is not among the mighty ones.” Although the meaning of this poem may be deep and twisting, its form is very simple ....

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.... to be mourned for and remembered.. It’s almost like the poem is guilt ridden. The entire thing talks about forgetting the poet after he/she is dead and to not even speak the poet’s name. This repetiveness of forgetting the poet would really make the audience feel guilty, and make the audience feel obligated to mourn, which is the poet’s true intentions in writing this particular poem. This poem does contain some imagery reinforced by alliteration. The words, “surely sullen bell”. The sullen bell is a form of auditory imagery. It simulates bells chiming at a funeral service at a church. The bells are really the only vivid imagery us ....