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Sonnet 147 is one of 154 sonnets written by English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. Sonnet 147 is written from the perspective of a poet who regards the love he holds for his mistress and lover as a sickness, and more specifically, as a fever. The sonnet details the internal battle the poet has between his reason (or head) and the love he has for his mistress (his heart). As he realizes his love is detrimental to his health and stability, perhaps even fatal, the poet's rationality attempts to put an end to the relationship. Eventually, however, the battle between the poet's reason and his love comes to an end. Unable to give up his lover, the poet gives up rationale and his love becomes all consuming, sending him to the brink of madness. () == Structure == Shakespeare's sonnet sequence is made up of 154 sonnets which are written in what has come to be known as "Shakespearean sonnet form" (also sometimes referred to as "English", "Elizabethan", or "Surreyan" sonnet form). Following this form, each sonnet consists of fourteen lines which are divided into three cross-metrically rhyming quatrain and end with a final rhyming couplet. Each of these lines is written in iambic pentameter, which dictates that every second syllable be stressed, beginning with unstressed. One repetition of unstressed/stressed syllables forms an iamb (the root of 'iambic'), and five of these iambs make up one line of verse ('pentameter' coming from the Greek root 'penta-', meaning five). Iambic Pentameter Stress Chart: In his sonnets, Shakespeare breaks from traditional Petrarchan sonnet form by transplanting the volta from its usual position at the end of line eight. The volta, a pivotal point in a poem in which the reader is encouraged to pause and reflect, and after which the tone of the poem shifts dramatically, is instead placed at the end of the final quatrain leading into the couplet. At the end of the eighth line of Sonnet 147 (where the volta would typically be found), there is a period which signals a short pause, yet the tone is not significantly different in lines nine and ten. However, after line twelve the reader sees a dramatic change in tone leading into the couplet and finally comes to understand that the author is addressing his lady directly—and quite angrily—rather than simply pondering these thoughts to himself. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sonnet 147」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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