Sonnet # 75 responce

sonnet # 75 in my opinion was a very heart felt poem. when i read this poem, it describes to me the feelings of  a man who is very confused with his feelings towards his one true love.
             " As twixt a miser and his wealth is found;
               Now proud as an enjoyer, and anon
               Doubting the filching age will steal his treasure"

This is a quotation from Shakespeare's sonnet# 75. what this line means is that, he fights with himself the way a miser struggles with his wealth. one moment he enjoys himself proudly and the next he is worried that someone from these thieving times will steal his treasure. basically what Shakespeare is trying to say here, is that he is very fond and proud of his love, but at the same time he is worried that someone will try to take his love away from him. this is but one of the ways that Shakespeare writes his confusing feelings for his love.

              " Now counting to be with you alone,
                then bettered that the world may see my pleasure"
this is yet another quote from sonnet # 75. this quote is saying that at one moment he thinks its best to be alone with her (his love) but then he thinks it it would be better if the rest of world could see my pleasure. these are more contradicting emotions that the narrator expresses throughout the poem.

               " sometime all full with feasting on your sight
                 and by and by clean staved for a look"
this means to say, at times i feel over satisfied from looking at you excessively, but then a little later I'm starved for a look at you. and this is another way to prove my example of how the narrator of this poem is sot of confused.
                " thus do i pine and surfeit day by day
                  or gluttoning on all and all away"
and finally to translate theses last two lines, they mean: that is why i suffer and feel hungry day after day, because i either get to much of you or none at all.

Night and Day, a sonnet

Night and Day

Do you enjoy the bright morning sunlight?
Or do you like the world to be all dark?
Somewhere between the two for me is right
To close my eyes and let the peace be hark

I know that when the sun meets with the sky
That ball of fire will burn with such beauty
Enough to make a grown man want to cry
To light the way for us is its duty

And as the moon unites with stars above
The night will be owned with such sweet romance
The moon will shine so you can see the love
The moon and stars will put you in  a trance

And though what i may say just might be true
It would be fun to here it from askew

By Isabella Medina

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Edgar Degas

Edgar degas was born in 1834 Paris, France. During this time Paris was the art center of the world. Edgar grew up in a wealthy family. His father owned and operated a bank. Edgar’s father, Mr. degas liked art so much he took Edgar to many art museums and galleries. This is when Edgar became interested in art himself. Edgar soon discovered how much he like to paint, and one of his many favorite subjects to paint was ballet.

            Bouquets of flowers are traditional gifts to give to dancers before and after a performance.             Either sent to the dressing room or presented to the dancer at curtain call or afterward, a bouquet of flowers is cherished by dancers because the gift shows appreciation for their hard work. While any type of flower will be accepted and enjoyed, some flowers have special meaning and are most appropriate to give to ballerinas. This is one of the reasons Edgar painted the ballerina holding a bouquet of flowers, to symbolize that she had given a great performance. One of Edgar Degas’s favorite things to paint were the ballet. Whether it was a painting of ballerinas rehearsing for a play, or ballet dancers performing on stage.  

 Dancer with a bouquet of flowers 1878, painted by Edgar Degas

I chose this particular painting to write about because I felt so connected with it. Ever since I was a little girl I have always dreamed about being a ballerina. Seeing this painting of a woman dancing ballet and fulfilling my biggest dream makes me believe that that could be me one day. In the painting she looks truly happy and not as if she were pretending to fit the character. She looks like she belongs there, on that stage at that moment. She doesn’t care what people think about her, or how good they thought her dancing was, because just being on that stage makes her feel incredible. She dances as if she were the only one and the world and no one was watching. And although the look on the audience’s  face may seem snobby, she smiles back at them and proceeds to dance. She shines so brightly on the stage, it makes me wonder if she’s always this happy? Or maybe when she’s not dancing she’s different. A sad lonely person who only waits until she can dance again. As if it’s the only that makes her happy, as if it’s the only thing worth living for. But when the day comes for her to shine like a star, there is no one and nothing that’s as beautiful as the way dancing makes her feel