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www.opensourceshakespeare.org www.opensourceshakespeare.org
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oft
Oft is a shortened version of often
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Thou by thy dial's shady stealth mayst know Time's thievish progress to eternity.
Time will take you and death will hold you forever
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Look, what thy memory can not contain Commit to these waste blanks, and thou shalt find 10 Those children nursed, deliver'd from thy brain,
These lines are the volta, where WS is saying that in your old age you will forget these things. This poem is about a metaphorical book he is writing for is lover, but the empty pages are lost memories.
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Thy dial
The word dial is referring to a sundial, these were how time was measured in WS time.
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The vacant leaves thy mind's imprint will bear, And of this book this learning mayst thou taste.
These two lines mean the blank pages of a or this notebook will record your thoughts and you will learn this.
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Thy glass will show thee how thy beauties wear,
This line is saying the glass is a mirror and i will show your beauty.
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wear,
The rhyme scheme for sonnet 77 is ababcdcdefefgg
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www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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George Washington broke away from the legislative haggling to watch a production of The Tempest.
That's very interesting, I never knew that.
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By the mid-18th century, Shakespeare’s work had become a bible for Americans, and a treasured, felicitous reminder of their linguistic and cultural heritage. The first recorded performance of a Shakespeare play in the new world (Romeo and Juliet in New York City) took place in 1730.
This makes sense, but I would not compare Shakespeare and the bible. I see why the author did this, but not the way I would've approached that.
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