This word is unfamiliar to me. The word consecrate means to declare something. Another confusing word in this poem is hath. This means third person singular present of have.

I disagree with this line. I don't think anyone is content with dying. At one point everyone is scared, and no one is really happy to be dead. Everyone wants to live forever, even if they know they can't.

I think this line means that after you die and you get buried in the dirt, your body is at the hands of worms. Worms eat you for food, therefore making you the prey.

These lines would be an example of iambic pentameter. The unstressed syllables would be the, can, but, which, and his in the 1st line. The stressed syllables in that line are earth, have, earth, is, and due. Another example of unstressed syllables in the 3rd line highlighted would be so, thou, but, the, and of. The stressed syllables are then, hast, lost, dregs, and life. These lines all go together to create a rhythm and beat that gives the poem a certain effect.

The rhyme scheme is A, B, A, B. For example, arrest and interest rhyme. So does away and stay, which are on the 2nd and 4th line. Another example of rhyming is life and knife, and they are at the end of the poem.

This is the turn or volta. The beginning of the poem explains how he has accepted death and can be ok with not being remembered, however at the end it says he will be worthy once he is gone. This disagrees with the whole poem.

This just shows how much Shakespeare has impacted our society because performances from his writing are still going on today.

I think this describes Shakespeare's writing and what it means to the Americans.

I agree with this statement. Shakespeare even after his death is as popular in America as he is in Europe.