Reading Response: “Lines of Life” Landon

Lines 101 to 104 in Lines of Life by Letitia Elizabeth Landon, she utilizes symbolism and reiteration to portray what the peruser can accept to be her definitive dream as a craftsman; additionally I accept this refrain specifically causes the peruser to comprehend why she picked this title. The commentaries of the Norton content discloses to us that Landon’s, â€Å"Title may reference Shakespeare’s piece 16†¦questioning the intensity of craftsmanship to offer immortality†. I concur with this examination in view of lines 101 to 104 in the sonnet. In lines 101 and 102 Landon utilizes symbolism to delineate the location of a â€Å"pale youth by his diminish light, himself a withering flame†.The language Landon utilizes is exceptionally successful in making a dream for the peruser. The repition of the picture of a fire is additionally powerful in delineating a dream for the peruser. Additionally, when Landon specifies that the, â€Å"pale youth† is , â€Å"Himself a perishing flame† it helps the peruser to remember his mortality. This accentuation of mortality additionally reinforces my purpose to concur with the content that the title is a reference to Shakespeare’s piece 16. In lines 103 and 104 Landon says, â€Å"From numerous an antique look next to, pick what bears my name? The language Landon utilizes demonstrates that the picture of the â€Å"pale youth† is far later on in light of the fact that her work is a â€Å"antique scroll†. Landon, proceeding to utilize striking symbolism, is indeed underscoring the thought that her work will make her undying; not in the strict sense, yet as in however she might be truly dead her thoughts live on always and be esteemed by people in the future; again reinforcing the contention that the content makes, that the title of this piece is a reference to Shakespeare’s Sonnet 16.