Can someone help me come up with the a central theme for sonnet 15? PLEASE and also help me find a modern version of sonnet 16 by Elizabeth B.

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http://www.jiskha.com/display.cgi?id=1484174597
I didn't get any help.. I read the poem but still can't find the central theme and also I can't find a modern version of sonnet 16 by Elizabeth.
You didn't get any help? Are you saying Ms. Sue wasted her time last night?

If you're expecting the theme to be word for word in a poem, you're going to be disappointed. You need to turn on your brain and ask yourself what the overall ideas are. Another way to think of it is this: What is the secret message the writer is trying to get across to his/her readers?

http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/shakesonnets/

Go here for help with Browning's work.
http://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS705US707&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=sonnet%2015%20elizabeth%20barrett%20browning
Apparently you didn't read the site I posted for you yesterday. It mentions two themes.

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/s/shakespeares-sonnets/summary-and-analysis/sonnet-15