which consists of two lines, sounds rather comical: "I became a criminal when I fell in love./Before that I was a waitress." The speaker has set the reader up for a smack by claiming she "became a criminal" after falling in love. One might immediately be put in mind of Bonnie and Clyde by that claim.from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Louise Glück's 'Siren'
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He then queries why he never seems to look anywhere for inspiration other than his usual place. He never explores any new ways of expression or any other "compounds strange," or other topics.
The reader who has examined all of the sonnets from 1 through 75 can well understand the questions.
from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Shakespeare Sonnet 76
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But the mirror can be used as a motivational tool if the speaker/poet will keep in mind the image of "mouthed graves." The open grave waits for the speaker who has ceased his work and can no longer create his valuable poems. Such an image is offered to spur the writer to greater effort that he stops wasting his precious moments.
from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Shakespeare Sonnet 77
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