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  1. Apr 2016
    1. he wrote, “in which the odd volume of Shakespeare cannot be found.

      i don't understand what this means what deos he mean by odd volume

    2. “our engagement with Shakespeare has been long and sustained: generation after generation of Americans has fallen under his spell

      he is correct. many people see things in a different way because of the way he wrote and many people saw things and took his poems in different directions

    3. Let me search for the clue which led great Shakespeare into the labyrinth of human nature,”

      my personal opinion is that Shakespeare is an american poet. any of his work was based off american history.

    1. cloud hath mask'd

      i dont get why he was talking so poorly about the person but then turns and says how great they are

    2. Full

      he wrote in a unique way that made his poems his own. many people enjoy these poems because of it

    3. Anon permit the basest clouds to ride 5 With ugly rack on his celestial face, And from the forlorn world his visage hide,

      iambic pentameter a non , per mit, the, bas est, clouds, to, ride with, ug,ly rack, on, his, cel,est,ial face and, from, the, for, lorn, world, his, vis,age, hide

    4.   Yet him for this my love no whit disdaineth;     Suns of the world may stain when heaven's sun staineth.

      the volta occurs in the couplet. he goes from talking about dark clouds to to the sun. interpretation: " the clouds have hidden him from me now. But i don't fault him for this at all. Golden men like him can disgrace themselves as much as the real sun does."

    5. seen

      the rhyme scheme is seen (A), eye (B), green (A), Alchemy (B), ride (c), face (D), Hide (c), disgrace (D), shine (e), brow (f), mine (e), now (f), disdaineth (g), staineth (g)