David Martin
English Lit 1 & 2
Mr. Mocarski
10/13/2008


So are you to my thoughts as food to life,
Or as sweet-season'd showers are to the ground;
And for the peace of you I hold such strife
As 'twixt a miser and his wealth is found.
Now proud as an enjoyer, and anon
Doubting the filching age will steal his treasure;
Now counting best to be with you alone,
Then better'd that the world may see my pleasure:
Sometime all full with feasting on your sight,
And by and by clean starved for a look;
Possessing or pursuing no delight
Save what is had, or must from you be took.
Thus do I pine and surfeit day by day,
Or gluttoning on all, or all away.

A direct paraphrase of the sonnet:
Food gives energy to life, you give energy to my body
Or as spring showers are to the ground;
And for the joy you bring me, I have within me much strife,
As the conflict between a rich old man and his money;
Who finds great joy in his wealth, but soon
Fears that his ruthless......

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Title: Essay On Sonnet 75
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Approximate Pages: 4 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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