“Apprehension” Analysis
“Love is any number of emotions or experiences related to an intense feeling of deep affection or profound oneness.”
Love is something that is hard to understand. It is something that is full of twists and turns. Some of which are good and some of which are not so good. When you first love a person, you promise to care about them, understand them, and to always be by their side when they are feeling down. But a person can have feelings for you one day, and have them disappear into thin air the next. It can happen at any moment in time. When their feelings disappear, the love does too, along with everything else that came with it. Happiness and contentment are all replaced with feelings of regret, pain, hurt, and possibly hate.
While I was writing this sonnet, I was trying to imagine how I, myself would feel if I was in Helena’s position. How Demetrius had loved her, but left her for Hermia. He must have been a good man with many promises for a smart girl like Helena to like him. But the promises he made were shattered as he left her. She must have felt very hurt and shocked because the man that she loved had fallen out of love with her and in love with her best childhood friend, someone she trusted and believed in.
The crashing waves represent how sudden Demetrius’s words must have felt to Helena. This poem takes place at 12 o’ clock midnight. The moving boats are hard to see in the darkness but represent the dark things in the future that don't seem like they’re there, but in actuality are. Standing on the cliffs next to each other represents equality and how their love was equal. The ominous sea hints that something bad is about to happen. If Helena loved Demetrius as much as the book portrayed, she would have probably wanted to get married to Demetrius, but Demetrius probably said to wait, didn't ask her, or said “no”. This shows commitment problems and how he was probably afraid of the future. And while they were in that state, Demetrius meets Hermia and falls in love with her. I think that he is lucky that Helena wasn't very bitter about the end of their relationship, but it is quite unfortunate that Demetrius was the bitter one about it. I think if someone had the right to be, it should have been her, not him. It shouldn't have been weird for Helena to still like Demetrius because it was probably a sudden breakup, and she didn't accept the fact that Demetrius wasn't hers anymore yet. This poem portrays how sudden love can come and go, and how fatal love can be.
I think that if I were to be caught in a situation like this, I would feel very jealous, hurt, and not know what to do. It would feel as if my world would be collapsing, falling apart, and slowly ending because I am the type of girl that cares about these types of things. When something like this happened to my friend, I tried my best to comfort her and be by her side to listen to her. After that experience, I have been more careful in trying to not be caught in a situation like it. Love is a very fragile thing, but hearts are even more fragile, because they can shatter with only a couple of words or actions.
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Apprehension
Edited by Ryan Young
Violent waves crashed against the sharp rocks, need 1 more
Moving boats were at the harbor’s docks. need 1 more
Stood on the cliff next to the ominous sea, 1 over
He stood on the rocky cliff next to me. Perhaps change the word stood, you repeat it on lines 3 and 4
It turned 12 o’ clock, our watches blinked, need 1 more
Discribes the times of day, but I am confused if its in the afternoon when the boats are around or in the middle of the night when the romantic moon is full. You should discribe one of these to make it apparent what you are talking about.
Together, hearts were passionately linked.
We went to the tip but then he stopped, need 1 more
And he watched me fall toward the docks. need 1 more
How are you on the cliffs one moment and on a dock the next? Maybe change the cliffs to a dock since you have so many of the dock descriptions.
I was blinded by love and he was scared,
I was stupid thinking he had cared. need 1 more
Looked for shaded boats on the harbor’s docks,
But the waves crashed me against the rocks. need 1 more
My blood flowed like a million teardrops,
My world was crushed as my heart slowly stopped.
Your lines should be in 4 lines three times and the last should be two lines. Did you check with Mrs. Shigemitsu to see if this is ok? Most of your lines also need more syllables
“Love is any number of emotions or experiences related to an intense feeling of deep affection or profound oneness.” This is the Webster definition?
Love is something that is hard to understand. It is something that is full of twists and turns. Some of which are good and some of which are bad. When you first love a person, you promise to care about them, understand them, and to always be by their side when they are feeling down. But a person can have feelings for you one day, and have them disappear into thin air the next. It can happen at any moment in time. When their feelings disappear, the love does too, along with everything else that came with it. Happiness and contentment are all replaced with feelings of regret, pain, hurt, and possibly hate. If they feel this way so quickly and then back again is it really true love or maybe even just lust? Perhaps you should talk about the differences of the two and compare them. Is one good, and the other not so good?
My sonnet was heavily influenced by the four lovers in the MSND, while writting I was tried to imagine how I, myself would feel if I was in Helena’s position. How Demetrius had loved her, but left her for Hermia, He must have been a good man with many promises for a smart girl like Helena to like him. Again is this true love? But the promises he made were shattered as he left her. She must have felt very hurt and shocked because the man that she loved had fallen out of love with her and in love with her best childhood friend, someone she trusted and believed in.
The crashing waves represent how sudden Demetrius’s words must have felt to Helena. This poem takes place at 12 o’ clock midnight. Make this more obvious, although it may make sense to you I missed the clues to this. It could have been at 12 in the afternoon. The moving boats are hard to see in the darkness but represent the dark things in the future that don't seem like they’re there, but in actuality are. This is a bit confusing could you elaborate more? Standing on the cliffs next to each other represents equality and how their love was equal. The ominous sea hints that something bad is about to happen.
If Helena loved Demetrius as much as the book portrayed, she would have probably wanted to get married to Demetrius, but Demetrius probably said to wait, didn't ask her, or said “no”. This shows commitment problems and how he was probably afraid of the future. And while they were in that state, Demetrius meets Hermia and falls in love with her. I think that he is lucky that Helena wasn't very bitter about the end of their relationship, but it is quite unfortunate that Demetrius was the bitter one about it. I think if someone had the right to be, it should have been her, not him. It shouldn't have been weird for Helena to still like Demetrius because it was probably a sudden breakup, and she didn't accept the fact that Demetrius wasn't hers anymore yet. You may want to make the events that you discribe a bit more clear. Also why you would think that these events would have taken palce.This poem portrays how sudden love can come and go, and how fatal explain what you mean by this a little more and also connect this paragraph to the poem a bit stronger. love can be.
I think that if I were to be caught in a situation like this, I would feel very jealous, hurt, and not know what to do. It would feel as if my world would be collapsing, falling apart, and slowly ending because I am the type of girl that cares about these types of things. When something like this happened to my friend, I tried my best to comfort her and be by her side to listen to her. After that experience, I have been more careful in trying to not be caught in a situation like it. Love is a very fragile thing, but hearts are even more fragile, because they can shatter with only a couple of words or actions. Is true love really that fragile or when love starts out is it? do couples bonds get stronger as they go on? What about forgiveness?
I want to know more about the ending two lines they are very powerful, please write a paragraph and tell me how the last two lines pull the poem together. They are very powerful, does she commit suicide in the end of your This poem connects to love.
Maybe link the poem to yourself as well, have you had these types of feelings in your life before (hopefully not as strong) Over all a good analysis, you may want to fix up the actual sonnet and expand on some of the parts of the poem analysis, there are many hidden meanings throughout the poem that you only touched on, give a full on explaination of them.
Apprehension
Violent waves crashed against the sharp rocks,
Moving boats were at the harbor’s docks.
Stood on the cliff next to the ominous sea,
He stood on the rocky cliff next to me.
It turned 12 o’ clock, our watches blinked,
Together, hearts were passionately linked.
We went to the tip but then he stopped,
And he watched me fall toward the docks.
I was blinded by love and he was scared,
The first part to this line is great (“blinded by love”) but the next part, “and he was scared,” doesn’t fit into the emotions you are portraying the man as. You should change your sonnet line or explain the meaning of this line in your analysis.
I was stupid thinking he had cared.
I missed the boats at the harbor’s docks,
But the waves crashed me against the rocks.
This line can be changed to “the waves crashed me against the rocks.”
My blood flowed like a million teardrops,
I love this line because you used great imagery and descriptive words.
My world was crushed as my heart slowly stopped.
“Apprehension” Analysis
“Love is any number of emotions or experiences related to an intense feeling of deep affection or profound oneness.”
Starting off your analysis with the definition of Love is very creative.
Love is something that is hard to understand. It is something that is full of twists and turns. Some of which are good and some of which are not so good. When you first love a person, you promise to care about them, understand them, and to always be by their side when they are feeling down. But a person can have feelings for you one day, and have them disappear into thin air the next. It can happen at any moment in time. When their feelings disappear, the love does too, along with everything else that came with it. Happiness and contentment are all replaced with feelings of regret, pain, hurt, and possibly hate.
While I was writing this sonnet, I was trying to imagine how I, myself would feel if I was in Helena’s position. How Demetrius had loved her, but left her for Hermia. He must have been a good man with many promises for a smart girl like Helena to like him. But the promises he made were shattered as he left her. She must have felt very hurt and shocked because the man that she loved had fallen out of love with her and in love with her best childhood friend, someone she trusted and believed in.
The crashing waves represent how sudden Demetrius’s words must have felt to Helena. This poem takes place at 12 o’ clock midnight. This line is cute since the book is a MID summers NIGHTS dream! The moving boats are hard to see in the darkness but represent the dark things in the future that don't seem like they’re there, but in actuality are. I really like how you described the moving boats as “the dark things in the future.” Standing on the cliffs next to each other represents equality and how their love was equal. The ominous sea hints that something bad is about to happen. If Helena loved Demetrius as much as the book portrayed, she would have probably wanted to get married to Demetrius, but Demetrius probably said to wait, didn't ask her, or said “no”. This shows commitment problems and how he was probably afraid of the future. And while they were in that state, Demetrius meets Hermia and falls in love with her. I think that he is lucky that Helena wasn't very bitter about the end of their relationship, but it is quite unfortunate that Demetrius was the bitter one about it. I think if someone had the right to be, it should have been her, not him. It shouldn't have been weird for Helena to still like Demetrius because it was probably a sudden breakup, and she didn't accept the fact that Demetrius wasn't hers anymore yet. This poem portrays how sudden love can come and go, and how fatal love can be.
If you are going to explain your sonnet through the Midsummers nights dream book, you should give a brief introduction of the book before talking about it incase there are any readers who didn’t read that book.
I think that if I were to be caught in a situation like this, I would feel very jealous, hurt, and not know what to do. It would feel as if my world would be collapsing, falling apart, and slowly ending because I am the type of girl that cares about these types of things. When something like this happened to my friend, I tried my best to comfort her and be by her side to listen to her. After that experience, I have been more careful in trying to not be caught in a situation like it. Love is a very fragile thing, but hearts are even more fragile, because they can shatter with only a couple of words or actions.
Katherine, I thought your sonnet was very beautiful and creative. Using the ocean, boats, rocky cliffs, and waves to describe love was very creative. Also to refer to the Midsummers Nights dream book was very interesting. I think I would have liked to see more of your sonnets lines anaylized in your anaylisis. The line, “I was blinded by love and he was scared,” should be explained in your anaylisis. This is just a suggestion but if you wanted to change all the I’s you use in your sonnet to she it would relate to your analisis conclusion better.
You have a great description of how you feel about love and your conclusion explains why you choose to write about love. GOOD JOB!
the comment above this was made by Rachel f.
give you a 90 for your sonnet, pretty good!
hey kat, your analysis and sonnet are sooo good. i give you a 95!
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