l and comprehend the underlying meaning. The "fresh and fruitful showers" are not showers of rain to cool his "sunburned brain," but they are showers of thoughts to replenish his brain with ideas for writing. Similarly, "great with child to speak" does not mean his is pregnant; it means he has so much to say, yet, with him being "helpless in [his] throes," he cannot overcome his inability to think of any ideas to express. Therefore, he is unable to speak even though he would like to. His mind has gone blank, and all the wonderful ideas he once had have left him which has caused him to become so depressed that he feels there is nothing he can do about it. The suggestion that he cannot compose poetry when he thinks of his love implies that he is attempting to use his creative imagination to write to her. This point is illustrated in line fourteen, "Fool," said my Muse to me, "look into thy heart, and write.'" The word "Fool" is an indication that the composer has made an extremely stupid mistake in composing a love poem by basing it on imaginative elements as opposed to the interpersonal emotions he feels for his love.Unlike Sidney's less apparent use of metaphors as a literary device, he has personified three words toward the end of the sonnet. He uses "Invention" as "Nature's child," and likewise, "Nature" is "Invention's parent." Due to the fact that he gives these nouns roles as mother and child, he is suggesting that it is natural to use imagination to come up with ideas, and it should not be possible that one is not found without the presence of the other, but this is not the case for the writer. He is still without an imagination in addition to an incorrect approach to the ideas for composing a love poem. The other personification is the word "study." Sidney brings the word study to life by giving breath for it to blow invention away. These words are personified to create other characters to project the blame as to w...
