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Sonnet 29:
I believe Sonnet 29 is about a man who is jealous of his surroundings. The man wishes that he had better looks, was more hopeful, and had more freedom. He feels like God is not hearing his pleas for a better life but when he thinks of the one he loves, the speaker would not trade his love for all the money in the world. In lines 10-12, Shakespeare uses a metaphor to compare his love to the lark who sings songs to the heavens. He uses this metaphor to show the reader how happy the thought of this love makes him feel.

Ozymandias:

Shelley portrays the ruins of Ozymandias as something that barely still stands. One example of this is in lines 3-4. By doing this, Shelley is trying to get across a clear and powerful message to the reader that regardless of how influential and powerful a leader may be during their time as ruler, they will not last forever and their time will eventually come when they will fall. This shattered sculpture of the once mighty Ozymandias also represents the certain decay of civilization. All that's left of the once mighty and powerful Ozymandias is now shattered remains.
On My First Son:
In this poem, the author uses tone to show how he feels about the loss of his only son. Various tones such as anger, forgiveness, and loving are used throughout the piece. Line 5 shows the authors anger caused by the loss of his son. This is saying that he is losing his fatherhood, and his need to mourn like a father. In line 7 the poem shifts to forgiving, when the author mentions how his son won't have to go through all of the hardships and trails that he had to face. The final shift in tone to loving is in line 12. He speaks about how much he loved his son, and how he could never like or love anything else again.
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways:
In the poem, Browning uses repetition of the phrase "I love thee", rather than using

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