Appreciation of Shakespeare’s sonnet 23Sonnet 23As an unperfect actor on the stage,Who with his fear is put besides his part,Or some fierce thing replete with too much rage,Whose strength's abundance weakens his own heart; 4So I ,for fear of trust ,forget to sayThe perfect ceremony of love's rite,And in mine own love's strength seem to decay,O'ercharg'd with burthen of mine own love's might. 8O let my books be then the eloquenceAnd dumb presagers of my speaking breast,Who plead for love, and look for recompense,More than that tongue that more hasth more express'd. 12O learn to read what silent love hath writ.To hear with eyes belongs to love's fine writ.This sonnet may not be the most famous in the sequence of Shakespeare's sonnets; it may be the most famous lyric poem in English. Among Shakespeare's works, only lines such as "T o be or not to be" and "Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?" are better-known. But this is one of the most moving lyric poems that I have ever read. There is great use of imagery within the sonnet. This is not to say that the rest of the poems in the book were not good, but this to me was the best, most profound and most beautiful of them. It is mainly due to the simplicity and allegoric of the poem praise of the silent love.Line 1~8 the construct should be “As an unperfect actor or some fierce thing,”“so I forget to say...and seem to decay”. At first it use simile ”As an unperfect actor on the stage“to describe the nervous mood. Then another simile” some fierce thing replete w ith too much rage”The imagery is the very vivid and appropriate. Line 4 “strength's abundance” equal “abundant strength”. “So I ,for fear of trust, forget to say” this is my favourate sentence. It accurately reflect the people’s psychological activity who fall in love with someone.People sympathize with such a feeling. Line 6 “perfect” work in concert with 1 “unperfect”. Thus the sonnet becomes more completed and logical. Hightly praised the talent of Shakespeare. In line 12, it is metonymy that means the tongue reflect the glib people. Metonymy, rhetoric, means the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant. In line14, it is synaesthesia. “to hear with eyes” means to read with eyes ,thus, reading.this tell us do not be credulous to the eloquence and those so-called love promise. If one person real love you, he/she may not perform very confident and saponaceous.Shakespeare's Sonnets represent the first poetic craftsmanship of Elizabethan poetry. He has a magic pens, his works influence millions of people from 16th century till now, especially the sonnet. He turned his artistic gifts to character by becoming a poet The series contain 154 sonnets. In Shakespeare's time it was also common practice that poets used real people as the objects of poetry.The poet’s sentiment changed from passive to positive like the ocean wave. It’s all due to “thee”. Love is the power of his life. He was mor e likely born for the true love. Shakespeare’s live has become richer by the love. “That then I scorn to change my state with kings” shows us the leitmotiv of the poetry. The “sweet love” stands for the nobly friendship, the faithfulness love and the warm family. He use his poet lead us to a fairyland where the song feels the infinite in the air, the picture in the earth poem in the air and the earth, for its words have meaning that walks and music that soars. He dipped vessel of his heart into that silent hour, it has filled with love.Compared with other Elizabethan sonnet sequence Shakespeare's sonnets are more profound in their expressed feelings. The reveal the most sophisticated aspects of human nature moral conflicts and psychological uncertainties.The language, too, is comparatively unadorned for the sonnets; it is not heavy with alliteration or assonance, and nearly every line is its own self-contained clause--almost every line ends with some punctuation, which effects a pause.Sonnet 23 is one poem in the sonnets to express deep love is also restrained. Real emotion is hard to express to your beloved. Deep love is hard to express by language clearly. People live for only one time, as well as, true love. So, how can it tolerate that people as a perfect actor on the stage or a saponaceous lawyer blatter his “sincereness”?"O learn to read what silent love hath writ. The eloquence is moving. But the true love is silent. When you have a deep affection for one person, you would not as wise as usual, butrestrained even clumsy.Love never dies, love never falters. That love takes on a life much bigger than your own. Love on the way now confronted with a rugged and hazardous road on which has, neverthelss,a spectacle of magnificence that inspires us who walk through it to enjoy another delightful sensation of majesty the feeling of which those who are not with heroic spirits can never touch. Like the subtle taste of tea that last long after a sip. The subtle bitter of is what it is meant to be...T o hear with eyes belongs to love's fine wit."It is the punchline of the sonnet. Author used “As an unperfect actor on the stage, Who with his fear is put besides his part,” “some fierce thing replete w ith too much rage, Whose strength's abundance weakens his o wn hear”to account for his upset from hope, his “So I, for fear of trust, forget to say”.Love do not need magnificent ornament and perfect ceremony, but the sincere silence. More than that tongue that more hasth more express'd, restrained eyes value much. O'ercharg'd with burthen of mine own love's might, deeply love teach us silent.Shakespeare’s poetry sounds forceful even it just contains a few lines. There are much more things in it. His excellent does not come alone, it comes with everything. Let the movement of his life has its rest in its own poet. And let us live as a poet.。