Review of all sonnet explication error powerpoints For grammar quiz March 11-12, 2010

Grammar exercise Errors from explications, February 2010

In Spenser’s sonnet 75, this idea is expressed to reassure his mistress that his love is so great that coupled with his poetic skills her glorious name will forever be immortalized within his words. Missing commas In Spenser’s sonnet 75, this idea is expressed to reassure his mistress that his love is so great that, coupled with his poetic skills, her glorious name will forever be immortalized within his words.

Edmund Spenser’s sonnet 30, “My love is like to ice,” shows that people enjoy the pursuit of things they can’t have and that’s what drives the speaker in this poem. Run-on Edmund Spenser’s sonnet 30, “My love is like to ice,” shows that people enjoy the pursuit of things they can’t have, which is what drives the speaker in this poem.

The speaker asserts that if he is mistaken about the constant unchangeable nature of true love then he must take back all his writings on love. Missing commas The speaker asserts that, if he is mistaken about the constant unchangeable nature of true love, then he must take back all his writings on love.

Love can do anything, nothing can hold restrictions or state what love has to be, love is simply love. Comma splices Love can do anything; nothing can hold restrictions or state what love has to be; love is simply love.

This woman does not love him in return and he questions why this is. Run-on This woman does not love him in return, and he questions why this is.

Explication errors Spring 2010, set 2

This is a metaphor comparing love to a lighthouse this is also extended into the next line when the speaker also compares love to a tempest. Run-on This is a metaphor comparing love to a lighthouse; this is also extended into the next line when the speaker also compares love to a tempest.

The speaker states, “but no such roses see I in her cheeks”, again he is trying to be realistic in the average appearance of his lady love. Comma splice The speaker states, “but no such roses see I in her cheeks”, trying to be realistic in the average appearance of his lady love.

If it has the power to make fire “harden ice” love may have the power to make the impossible happen. Missing comma If it has the power to make fire “harden ice,” love may have the power to make the impossible happen.

“True minds” being people in love that should be able to work through obstacles together. Fragment “True minds” are people in love that should be able to work through obstacles together.

It doesn’t matter how long you love someone if you really love them it won’t change. Run-on, missing comma It doesn’t matter how long you love someone; if you really love them, it won’t change.

Explication errors Set 3, spring 2010

He is saying even though she is not exaggerated in this poem she is as lovely and as beautiful as those women whom are said to be as beautiful as a goddess. Missing commas He is saying even though she is not exaggerated in this poem, she is as lovely and as beautiful as those women whom are said to be as beautiful as a goddess.

The first quatrain reveals a mans love that is not returned by the woman he likes. Missing apostrophe The first quatrain reveals a man’s love that is not returned by the woman he likes.

Hair is always supposed to be soft and silky, throughout history that has not changed. Comma splice Hair is always supposed to be soft and silky. Throughout history that has not changed.

Many people are afraid of death, and do not know how to cope with Death. Misused/unnecessary comma, unnecessary capitalization Many people are afraid of death and do not know how to cope with death.

In quatrain two shakespeare describes his mistress’s: cheeks, breath, and voice. missing capitalization, misused colon In quatrain two Shakespeare describes his mistress’s cheeks, breath, and voice.

Explication errors Set 4, spring 2010

In the first quatrain of this poem we are introduced the Mistress. Missing comma, missing word In the first quatrain of this poem, we are introduced to the Mistress.

She is the topic of this poem and we first learn about her “eyes,” “lips,” “breasts,” and “hair”. Run-on, misplaced period She is the topic of this poem, and we first learn about her “eyes,” “lips,” “breasts,” and “hair.”

In line four Shakespeare uses imagery to describe her hair which is compared to “black wires”. Missing comma, misplaced period In line four Shakespeare uses imagery to describe her hair, which is compared to “black wires.”

Again he uses another figure of speech by comparing his love to fire showing that it keeps burning throughout the ice cold rejections. Missing comma Again he uses another figure of speech by comparing his love to fire, showing that it keeps burning throughout the ice cold rejections.

In the final couplet, Shakespeare tells how although not being perfect, that person can still be loveable. Missing comma, awkward writing In the final couplet, Shakespeare tells how, although not being perfect, that person can still be loveable. In the final couplet, Shakespeare tells how a person, though not perfect, can still be loveable.