A mortall thing so to immortalize, For I my selve shall lyke to this decay, And eek my name bee wyped out lykewize.

 Context: These lines are taken from Sonnet 75 by Edmund Spenser.

Explanation: The poem begins by setting the scene: the speaker (the “I”) of the poem is at the strand with his gal pal. The strand, in case you are not up on Spenser’s lingo, is another name for the shore-you know, the sandy part of the beach. So the speaker and his beloved are chilling at the beach, and he decides to get all romantic and write her name in the sand. Aw, cuteness.

But then the waves wash away her name-sadness. Before we move on, let’s just take note of the poem’s form. We know from the title that it’s a sonnet (what’s up, 14- line poem) but we’re not so sure about the rhyme scheme yet. There’s no rhyming going on in these lines. You might also want to note that the poem has ten-syllable lines, which should put you on iambic pentameter alert.

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