And are upon the Mediterranean flote,
Bound sadly home for Naples,
Supposing that they saw the king’s ship wreck’d
And his great person perish.
Shakespeare, The Tempest, 1611
3. Comment upon the style, meter, and general level of excellence shown in the following sonnets. Point out any development that is observable.
(1) The sweet season, that bud and bloom forth brings,
With green hath clad the hill and eke the vale.
The nightingale, with feathers new, she sings;
The turtle to her mate hath told her tale;