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  1. Apr 2016
    1. CockroachInsectCockroaches are insects of the order Blattodea, which also includes termites. About 30 cockroach species out of 4,600 are associated with human habitats. About four species are well known as pests.

      Oh my gaw

    1. O truant Muse, what shall be thy amends For thy neglect of truth in beauty dyed? Both truth and beauty on my love depends; So dost thou too, and therein dignified. Make answer, Muse: wilt thou not haply say 5 'Truth needs no colour, with his colour fix'd; Beauty no pencil, beauty's truth to lay; But best is best, if never intermix'd?' Because he needs no praise, wilt thou be dumb? Excuse not silence so; for't lies in thee 10 To make him much outlive a gilded tomb, And to be praised of ages yet to be.     Then do thy office, Muse; I teach thee how     To make him seem long hence as he shows now.

      Rhymes: A group

      1. O truant Muse, what shall be thy amends
      2. Both truth and beauty on my love depends;

      B group

      1. For thy neglect of truth in beauty dyed?
      2. So dost thou too, and therein dignified.

      C group

      1. Make answer, Muse: wilt thou not haply say
      2. Beauty no pencil, beauty's truth to lay;

      D group

      1. 'Truth needs no colour, with his colour fix'd;
      2. But best is best, if never intermix'd?'

      E group

      1. Because he needs no praise, wilt thou be dumb?
      2. To make him much outlive a gilded tomb,

      F group

      1. Excuse not silence so; for't lies in thee
      2. And to be praised of ages yet to be.

      Iambic pentameter: In line 3, the stressed words are: truth, beauty, love, depends. In line 6, the stressed words are: needs, colour(x2),. In line 11, the stressed words are: make, much, outlive, and gilded.

      Sonnet Analysis: In the sonnet Shakespeare writes of how the Muse is not better than him and how better and best should not be intermixed, and at the end of the poem, in a cocky fashion, he writes that he is willing to teach her his ways.

    1. In the decades after Lincoln, Shakespeare productions were a constant feature of frontier life in the west. When Los Angeles became the company town for an emerging film industry, Shakespeare shape-shifted again, becoming part of Hollywood westerns. He had been performed by companies up and down California for decades.

      It's truly insane to see the fact that Shakespeare is still now being performed and studied, even 500 years ago. William Shakespeare was born in April 26, 1564, and his work is still studied today in 2016.