Compare shakespeare’s sonnet 130 to sonnet 16 by sidney. list the similarities and differences between the forms of the poems, their tones, and the poets' approach to their subjects.

Similarities

Both the sonnets are English sonnets.

Both the sonnets have the mistresses of the poets as their subjects.

Both sonnets make comparisons.

Difference

Shakespeare pokes fun at poets who exaggerate the merits of their beloved. He describes his beloved’s beauty in unimpressive terms. He concludes by saying that although his love for his mistress is rare and true, he refuses to use fake comparisons. The tone of the sonnet is static and matter of fact.

Sidney begins by saying that love did not cause him the pain and longing that it did others. As a result, he ridiculed love-stricken men. He then says that he realized his error when he saw Stella. He goes on to describe love as a lion, full of vigor and ferocity. The tone of the poem shifts from a conversational tone to a tone that reflects awe and reverence for Stella.

in a place once known as north america, now known as panem, is a very rich city surrounded by twelve districts. every year because this very rich city, known as the capitol, is so rich and likes to think they control all the districts - which they do - there is something known as the hunger games! this is where two children, one boy and one girl from each district from the ages of twelve to eighteen, have to leave their families and compete in the hunger games, a live event that is aired on tv's all over panem. when katniss everdeen, aged sixteen from district 12, has to volunteer to take the place of her twelve-year-old sister prim after prim's name is called forth to become the 23rd member to compete in the 74th hunger games, she promises to prim that she will win! katniss doesn't believe she's coming out alive - but she's not going down without a fight.

because district 12 is so poor, katniss has been close to death many times from starvation but she's made it through it. but this is a different kind of close to death; this katniss doesn't know if she can survive.

she doesn't want to hurt, or kill anyone but when it comes down to it katniss' instinct is to survive. but when she starts to have confusing feelings about the boy from her district who is also her fellow contender, things get worse, and then she teams up with the girl from district 11 and only one person can survive. but who will it be? will her feelings get the better of her? will she let someone else win so they don't have to die? if katniss is going to win she's going to have to be brutal. she's going to have to kill!