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  1. Apr 2016
    1.   This thought is as a death, which cannot choose

      I found this interesting, because he makes it seem as death. You can not choose death, and you can not choose to have time take things away.

    2. Increasing store with loss and loss with store;

      I found it interesting how he kind of repeated the same phrase, but just switched the order of words.

    3. Or state itself confounded to decay; 10 Ruin hath taught me thus to ruminate,

      In the first part of this sonnet they are talking about the unavoidable power of time to take things most precious to us away from us. Then they have the "ruin" followed by "ruminate" which shows how everything affects everybody.

    4. Advantage on the kingdom of the shore,

      Unstressed: Ad, tage, the, dom, the Stressed: van, of, king, of, shore The rhythm makes it seem more song like, making it sound like a fable.

    5. The rich proud cost of outworn buried age;

      Unstressed: the, proud, of, worn, ied Stressed: rich, cost, out, bur, age

    6. ruminate

      to think deeply about something

    7. confounded

      to express anger or annoyance

    8. defaced

      Defaced:A Age:B Razed:A Rage:B Gain:C Shore:D Main:C Store:D State:E Decay:F Ruminate:E Away:F Choose:G Lose:G

    1. “our engagement with Shakespeare has been long and sustained

      Just because he is well known here does not make him and American poet.