sentences:  The first ictus of line 14 might fall on any one of the first three syllables, rendering a slightly different shade of meaning with each choice.The meter demands that line 4's "spirit" function as one syllable, as distinct from its two-syllable appearance in line 2.Michelle Burnham adopts the nineteenth century theories that Shakespeare's sonnets contain autobiographical information about him, in order to explore the novel "Ulysses".