- Apr 2016
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true in love, but truly write,
Even though he is in love, he will not say mushy gushy stuff, he will just speak the truth instead of sugar coating things.
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rondure
Sphere
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Let them say more than like of hearsay well; I will not praise that purpose not to sell.
In the sonnet, the poet is speaking of another who over-exaggerates. Here, he is basically saying "I give up, let him do him, but I speak the truth only." This is the volta because at first, he was hostile and insulting the other poet, but now, he lets him be because he knows that in his heart he is better.
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doth rehearse
Some rhyming seems very very forced and artificial to the point where things make no sense.
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Muse
Rhymes with use in third line, creates great flow and rhythm in sonnet
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Making a couplement of proud compare,
Sounds awkward with stressed and unstressed syllables.
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So is it not with me as with that Muse
Flows well with iambic pentameter
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With sun and moon, with earth and sea's rich gems,
Nice use of iambic pentameter, sounds well with nice flow
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So is it not with me as with that Muse
Here, he is saying basically he's "not like those other guys"
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doth
Do
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