Main Page	Reflective structure is a textual organization based on the pondering of a subject, theme, or event and letting the mind play with it, skipping from one sound to another, or to related thoughts or objects as the mind receives them. Reflective structure is seen in a few different senses:   First, it is a sonnet, the structure of the poem is unique right there; all the lines are jammed together for added effect to keep the reader interested in reading the rest of the poem.   Second, because lust is the ongoing metaphor in this sonnet, the structure of the poem keeps referring back to lust, even if not directly. When looking at the poem, the word lust is only mentioned twice, in the first two lines.  After that, Shakespeare goes on to describe lust, which would make the reader ponder the subject or theme of the sonnet.  A good example of this is in these lines:  " Enjoyed no sooner but despised straight: Past reason hunted; and no sooner had, Past reason hated, as a swallowed bait, On purpose laid to make the taker mad." This poem has reflective structure because the sonnet has a "morning after" feel. The speaker is reflecting on what had just happened (the night of lust/desire).  A pondering tone and reflection comes through out the poem.
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