WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE SONNET CXLVI

MILA KAMILIA (20131111003)

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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

        SONNET CXLVI

In this Sonnet which apparently stands alone, the poet reflects on the folly of bestowing excessive care on the body, the soul's outer covering and ministering servant.The sonnets were apparently composed during a period of ten or a dozen years starting in about 1592-1593.The general scope of the Sonnet was taken into account.Shakespeare have held the Sonnets to be merely dramatic and couldn’t have conceived that poems. So, this poem is ilustrate the spirit and inner meaning of Shakespeare's growth in life.

Firstly, a main register of the poem deals with religion. In lines one and two describe the soul is to be housed in the earth as well as in the center of body because it is indulged in the temporal. The individual are subsequently engaged in a war within itself between the desire for the transitory world versus the need for spirituality.This internal war between the soul and the body are hinted by the word “array” (line 2) which often connected with elements of war. It is inevitable battle that occurs between the soul and the bodyand God. So, the poet concernwith morality such us civil battle.

 Secondly, believesif theacceptance of themhadn’t involved the consequence of Shakespeare's intrigue with a married woman. The Sonnets have taken as speaking of Shakespeare's own lifeThe principal subject is manifestly the feeding of the body and soul. So,He is anxious to remove every stain that contends for a non-natural interpretation.

The last, talk about attitude in The late Dr. Ingle by maintained "that 'array' in this Sonnet means ill-treat or bring into evil condition" (Shakespeare: the Man and the Book, Pt. I. p. 166). But the context seems to preclude this meaning, whatever might be the possible sense of "array" in another connection.So, thesubsequent history of the text of the sonnets is inseparable from the history of Shakespeare’s reputation. The particular poems that in circulation suggest that the general shape and themes of the sonnets was established from the earliest stage

In conclusion“SONNET CXLVI” isthat the latter, not the former and to be fed.He expresses the resolution to attain immortality, by nourishing the soul at the body's expense.It is manifest that the second line as thus given is wrong, but how it is to be corrected is a matter concerning which the opinions of critics have very greatly varied.