Sonnet 4

Problem

Iambic
Pentameter

Apostrophe: The author talks about

loveliness and gives a background on

Assonance: The
repetition of y gives a
A Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend
gleeful feeling.
Personification: Nature as an
B Upon thyself thy beautys legacy?
atmosphere cant bequest physical
gifts however, as mother nature
A Natures bequest gives nothing, but doth lend,
she can bestow special gifts. Those
B And, being frank, she lends to those are free.
Nature only bestows gifts to people
who are free in spirit, honest, and
C Then, beauteous niggard, why dost thou abuse
able to appreciate her gift.

D The bounteous largess given thee to give?

Paradox: These two words beauteous
niggard have different meanings yet
C Profitless usurer, why dost thou use
are grouped together to distinctly
Development
describe the youth.
D So great a sum of sums yet canst not live?
Diction: The youth accepts Mother
E For having traffic with thyself alone,
Natures gift of beauty, but misuses
F Thou of thyself thy sweet self dost deceive.Paradox: These two words greatly
explain the youth. He lends money
yet has none. In this case his money
E Then how when nature calls thee to be gone,
is beauty; he invents in it but doesnt
F What acceptable audit canst thou leave?
Solution

By dealing with yourself, you are

cheating yourself from so much
G Thy unused beauty must be tombed with thee,
more. You could share your beauty
with the world and experience the joy
G Which used lives th' executor to be.
which that entails.
Assonance: the repetition of the sound s
gives a negative felling, the reader becomes
frustrated and it creates a tone of deceit.

In the end the youth will die with

natures great gift, beauty. However, if
the youth produces children his
endowment
will carryThe
on claim
and heinwill
Problem:
thisnot
poem is that the author is asking the youth
the question Why are you spending all of your beauty on yourself?

Development: Throughout the poem that same question is added to,

and semi-answered. Nature is brought into the discussion and now the
question develops to Why do you abuse Mother Natures gift of
beauty?
Solution: In the end the youth is faced with the fact that he has abused
his great gift and now will either die with it or pass it on to his posterity.