Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 15 AIL 1406 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Person Addressed
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The idea
Most sonnets speak to someone, usually with thou or thee. Identifying the addressee is unit five's first move and it matters here because the poem's claims are aimed at a person, not offered to the world. Sonnet twenty-six addresses a patron in the language of service.
In practice
The claims are aimed at someone.
Where people slip
Identify the addressee first.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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