The Structure of Image Patterns of Shakespeare's Sonnets

Abstract

Donne이나 Milton의 Sonnet의 構造는 主로 그 文脈에 따라서 이루어지지만, Shakespeare의 Sonnet는 이미지의 發展에 따라서 Sonnet가 진행된다. 그 이미지패턴에 따라서 이미지의 병병列, 이미지의 連續, 그리고 이미지 反復이미지로 區分한다. 이미지의 병列은 그 이미지가 같은 行 또는 다른 行에 나란히 오는 경우이고, 이미지의 運續은 같은 Sonnet에서 되풀이하여 나오는 경우이다. 前者는 마치 음악의 合唱에서 처럼, 나란히 오는 이미지가 和合되어 조화를 이루면서 그 Sonnet의 테마를 나타내어 주고 있으며, 후자는 이미지간에 相互作用, 즉 각 이미지間에 反響과 應答으로서 그 Sonnet의 中心되는 테마를 나타내어 보여주고 있다. 끝으로 되풀이되어 나오는 反復이미지는 여러 Sonnet에서 되풀이되어 나오는 이미지로서 각각 Sonnet에서 그 이미지의 뜻이 변해가면서, 단독의 은유(metaphor)로서 나타내는 의미보다 더욱커져 나중에서 象徵的으로 된다.

The sonnets of Donne and Milton consist of the logical context of the sonnet, while Shakespeare's sonnets are constructed by the development of the images. According to the pattern of images, we have the juxtaposition of images, the litany of images, and the recurrent images. The juxtaposition of the images has the pattern of images which come side by side in the same line or in an other line of the sonnet, while the litany of images has the repeated image pattern in the sonnet. The former, like a chorus, cooperates to reveal the theme with harmonizing power, while the latter has the interaction of echo and respondence, like the counterpoint of music. Finally the recurrent images change the range of their activity into the other sonnets. The image used in one sonnet is repeated by the other one with a new light of suggestion, and develops from the mere metaphor to the symbol which has the larger meaning of the sonnet which cannot by given by the only metaphor in a sonnet.

The sonnets of Donne and Milton consist of the logical context of the sonnet, while Shakespeare's sonnets are constructed by the development of the images. According to the pattern of images, we have the juxtaposition of images, the litany of images, and the recurrent images. The juxtaposition of the images has the pattern of images which come side by side in the same line or in an other line of the sonnet, while the litany of images has the repeated image pattern in the sonnet. The former, like a chorus, cooperates to reveal the theme with harmonizing power, while the latter has the interaction of echo and respondence, like the counterpoint of music. Finally the recurrent images change the range of their activity into the other sonnets. The image used in one sonnet is repeated by the other one with a new light of suggestion, and develops from the mere metaphor to the symbol which has the larger meaning of the sonnet which cannot by given by the only metaphor in a sonnet.