Alliteration
Alliteration is all over "Sonnet 75." Since the speaker is bragging about his poetry skills, we think that he decides to show them off via alliteration (which is a super-obvious and easily identifi...
The Waves
Ah, the waves. Poets love to write about 'em; people love to read about 'em. They're really the perfect metaphor for the movements of life, all of its ebbs and flows, tides in, tides out, life, dea...
The Name
We don't ever find out the beloved's name in "Sonnet 75," but it sure is important. The sand-writing of her name begins the poem, and the name becomes a big ol' symbol for the beloved herself. The...