The beginning octave of this sonnet fits poorly with the sestet. |
In the sestet we hear his revealingly equivocal reply to the proffered charge of aloofness. |
Polyptoton, the device which repeats the same word in a different grammatical case, continues to enliven the emotional interplay in the sestet. |
Metaphorical emphasis shifts in the sestet, while still harmonising with notions to do with leasehold. |
The characterisation shifts in the sestet, heralded by that vivid antithesis of the grey Soul and the green World. |
The Petrarchan sonnet has an octet and a sestet, with a rhyme scheme of abba abba and cdcdcd. |