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Final Term Project in

Stylistics and
Discourse Analysis

Submitted by:
Gomez, Gadiel Ivan S.
BSED English 3A

Instructor:

Maybhel C. Hernandez, LPT

DHVSU Candaba Campus

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STYLISTIC ANALYSIS

William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 20

GraphologyGraphology in Stylistics

Punctuation in Graphology Apostrophe – 6 apostrophes are used on the

sonnet 20 to highlight the idea of possession
Ex: woman’s face, nature’s own, men’s eyes
symbolizes the artistic emphasis of
possessions on the sonnet.
Commas -7 - The number of comma is being
used by Shakespeare on the sonnet 20
conveys that the author has a chain of
connected ideas where he uses comma as a
short pause that indicates he had ideas that are
connected with each other.
Semicolon- 4 – The semicolons works as
bridges to connect flow of ideas that the
author wanted to be perceived by his readers.
It is a sign of linking continues thoughts or
two clauses that belong together.
Paragraphing in Graphology
Spacing and Indentation- The sonnet lacks on
indents and spacing which is common on
Shakespearean sonnets that are formulated in
lines or verses
Paragraph Length - The sonnet consists 10
lines which is not long, suggesting that the
work by Shakespeare will not trigger the
readers to get bored and digest the content

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itself, highlighting every part of it that allows
it to be remembered easily by the readers.
One-Sentence Paragraphs - N/A, the sonnet is
not written in one-sentence paragraph.
Types of Paragraphs Although it is quatrain and line form, I have
provided some informations from the sonnet
Descriptive paragraphs- “A woman’s face
with Nature’s own hand painted” on these
lines, The author used vivid imagery to
describe a woman’s face. This suggest the
creative way of the author on how he describe
things artistically.
Compare and Contrast Paragraph-“A
woman’s gentle heart, but not acquainted”
this quote, the author emphasizes two
contrasting ideas. This suggest that the
author wants the reader to have an
emphasis with the thought he wants to
convey with the readers.

Narrative and dialogue paragraphs- the sonnet

contains narrative and dialogue paragraph by
narrating something out of describing and
comparing a woman into something made
with compassion and purity.
Spacing in Graphology
Word Spacing- the sonnet has a good word
spacing which allows the reader to have a
coherent view for the sonnet .
Letter Spacing- The author used tight letter
spacing empgasizing the emotional impact of
the author on his work while writing the
verses and lines.
Line Spacing- It shows organized structure on
the lines which allows the reader to have a
high quality of imagination about the flow of
ideas that the author wants to convey with his
sonnet.
Margin Spacing- Large left margin, shows
being cautious about the past.

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Phonology in Stylistics
Phonological Devices
Euphony- The consonant and vowel sounds on
this part brings gentle harmony on the sound of
it
-“An eye more bright than theirs, less false in
rolling”

The e, y, s, f, a, and l gives gentle and smooth

sounds.
Cacophony - the sonnet does not contain harsh
words or tone.
Rhyme Elements
Perfect Rhyme-
“painted” / “acquainted” This is considered s
perfect rhyme for it’s structure that the vowel
and consonant from the last part of the words
occurs and sounds the same

Slant Rhyme- it contains slant rhyme.

- “gazeth” and “amazeth” even they don’t have
the same count of syllables they are somehow
sounds the same from the sound of “eth”
As well as ““created” / “defeated” which is a
literal perfect rhyme.
Internal Rhyme - N/A
End Rhyme- All of the last or end words every
lines are rhyme but in ABAB CDCD EFEF
GG pattern.
Eye Rhyme- N/A
Rhyme Scheme
The sonnet 20 used ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
rhyme scheme.
A woman’s face with Nature’s own hand
painted (A)
Hast thou, the master-mistress of my passion;
(B)

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A woman’s gentle heart, but not acquainted
(A)
With shifting change, as is false women’s
fashion; (B)

An eye more bright than theirs, less false in

rolling,
Gilding the object whereupon it gazeth; (D)
A man in hue, all hues in his controlling,
Much steals men’s eyes and women’s souls
amazeth. (D)
And for a woman wert thou first created;
Till Nature as she wrought thee fell a-doting,
(F)
And by addition me of thee defeated,
By adding one thing to my purpose nothing.
(F)
But since she pricked thee out for women’s
pleasure, (G)
Mine be thy love, and thy love’s use their
treasure. (G)
Stressed and Unstressed Syllables
Stresses and unstressed syllables
The syllables in capital letter are the stressed
syllables

a WO| man’s FACE| with NA| ture’s OWN|

hand PAIN|ted
Hast THOU / the MAS / ter MIS / tress OF /
my PAS / siON
A WO / man’s GEN / tle HEART / but NOT /
acQUAIN / ted
With SHIFT / ing CHANGE / as IS / false
WO / men’s FA / shiON
An EYE / more BRIGHT / than THEIRS /
less FALSE / in ROL/ ling
GilDING / the OB / ject WHERE / upON / it
GA /zeth
A MAN / in HUE / all HUES / in HIS /

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conTRO / ling
Much STEALS / men’s EYES / and WO /
men’s SOULS / aMA / zeth
and DOR / a WO / man WERT / thou
FIRST / creA / ted
Till NA / ture AS / she WROUGHT / thee
FELL / a DO / ting
And BY / adDI/ Tion ME/ of THEE/ deFEA/
ted,
By AD/ding ONE/ thing TO/ my PUR/ pose
NO/thing.
But SINCE / she PRICKED / thee OUT / for
WO / men’s PLEA/sure,
Mine BE/ thy LOVE/, and THY/ love’s USE/
their TREA/sure.

Iambic Pentameter
The sonnet is written in iambic pentameter

a wo / man’s face / with Na / ture’s own /

hand pain /ted
hast thou / the mas / ter mis / tress of / my pas
/ sion
a wo / man’s gen / tle / heart / but not / ac /
quain / ted
with shift / ing / change / as is / false wo /
men’s fa / shion
an eye / more bright / than theirs / less false /
in rol/ ling
gilding / the ob / ject where / up on / it ga /
zeth
a man / in hue / all hues / in his / con tro /
ling
much steals / men’s eyes / and wo / men’s
souls / ama / zeth
and dor / a wo / man wert / thou first / crea /

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ted
till Na / ture as / she wrought / thee fell / a do /
ting
and by / addi/ tion me/ of thee/ defea/ ted,
by ad/ding one/ thing to/ my pur/ pose no
/thing.
but since / she pricked / thee out / for wo /
men’s plea/sure,
mine be/ thy love/, and thy/ love’s use/ their
trea/sure

Alliteration N/A
Consonance LINE 4: “With shifting change, as is false women's
fashion” the repetition of the “sh” sound. Which are
considered under the consonance, since the repetition of
sound or even letter does not start from the beginning.

Assonance LINE 2: “Hast thou, the master-mistress of my

passion” The l repetition of the short “a” sound
in hast, passion, and master

Onomatopoeia N/A

Morphology in Stylistics
Types of Affixations
Prefixes:

acquainted — ac- (Latin prefix meaning to or,

toward)

amazeth — a- (intensifier, from old English

“on” or “in”)

addition — ad- (Latin for "to or toward")

defeated — de- (Latin for "down or away")

Suffixes :
Painted — -ed , The ed is a past participle
suffix

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Acquainted — -ed

Rolling — -ing (it is used as present

participle)

Amazeth — -eth (archaic 3rd person verb that

is considered as a suffix)

Controlling — -ing

Defeated — -ed

Pleasure — -ure (a noun-forming suffix)

Treasure — -ure

Infixes
N/A
Circumfix
N/
Simulfix
N/A
Base + root + apply
Painted - paint -to apply color -ed (past
tense)
Acquainted – quaint- to know -ed (past tense)
Passion – pass - to suffer/feel -ion (noun)
Fashion - fash - to make/do -ion (noun)
Rolling – roll - to turn -ing (present part.)
Gazeth - gaze- to look -eth (archaic verb
ending)
Controlling – control - to direct -ling
(participle)
Amazeth – amaze - to surprise a- (intensifier),
-eth (archaic verb ending)
Created – create - to make -ed (past tense)
Doting - dote - to show excessive love -ing
(present participle)
Defeated - feat - to do - de- (down), -ed –

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(past tense)
Adding – add - to put to -ing (present
participle)
Pleasure – please - to make happy -ure (noun)
Treasure - treasure (same root) wealth or
valuable -ure (noun-forming)

Lexico-Syntax
Sentence Structure
The sonnet 20 of William Shakespeare is
written in iambic pentameter. It contains 14
lines and uses the rhyme scheme ABAB
CDCD EFEF GG.
Anastrophe
4 Types of Anastrophe
Adjective Anastrophe
N/A

Prepositional Anastrophe
LINE 7: “A man in hue, all hue in his
controlling” The phrase “all hues in his
controlling” places the object (all hues) first
and changes the position of the verb and
implied subject.

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Subject-Verb Inversion
N/A

Object-Subject Inversion
N/A

Parentheses
N/A
Ellipses in Stylistics

N/A
Asyndeton
Asyndeton between words and phrases
Line 8: “Much steals men’s eyes and
women’s souls amazeth.” These re in two
different clauses. Shakespeare did not use
conjunctions in this to add more emphasis.

Asyndeton between sentences and clauses

N/A
Anaphora
“A woman’s face with Nature’s own hand
painted”
“Hast thou, the master-mistress of my
passion;”
“A woman’s gentle heart, but not acquainted”
The repetition of the phrase “A woman’s” at
the beginning of lines 1 and 3.
Biography of the Author
William Shakespeare was an English poet,
playwright, and actor who was born on April
26, 1564, and died on April 23, 1616. He is
considered the best writer in the English
language and the best dramatist in the world.
He is frequently referred to as the "Bard of
Avon" and England's national poet.

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