Discussion question (week 4)

There is only one discussion question this week, but it comes in many parts:

1. Print out sonnet 147 triple-spaced, identifying subtleties of meaning and connections between words and ideas therein
   
2. Write out the surface meaning of the sonnet -- what is its plot?
3. Identify and explain the wordplay in the sonnet: what purposes do these puns serve?
4. How does the speaker change the metaphor from quatrain to quatrain?
5. What does the volta change?
6. Does the couplet provide closure?
   
7. What expectations does this sonnet violate?
8. How is the form of this sonnet related to its content?