- Apr 2016
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www.opensourceshakespeare.org www.opensourceshakespeare.org
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O, none, unless this miracle have might, That in black ink my love may still shine bright.
Why does he want his love to be shown so much through writing?
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Or who his spoil of beauty can forbid?
I really like this part of the poem or sonnet. When you actually translate it to what it means, it means "Who can prevent Time from destroying beauty?." I like it because it shows that over time, something truly do lose beauty, at least to some people
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Whose action is no stronger than a flower? O, how shall summer's honey breath hold out
Whose action is no stronger than a flower? O, how **shall sum**mer's hon**ey breath** hold out
The italic show the stressed syllables, whereas the rest of the poem is unstressed.
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Against the wreckful siege of battering days, When rocks impregnable are not so stout,
This means that even the most undefeated things can end or be defeated on the worst days.
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Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, But sad mortality o'er-sways their power, How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea,
rhyme scheme. sea - plea: both have the "ea" with the "ee" sound. power - flower: both have the ower sound. out - stout: both have the "out". days - decays: both end in "ays" alack - back: both have the "ack" sound. hid - forbid: both have the "id" ending might - bright: both end in "ight"
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alack
an expression of regret or dismay.
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siege
a prolonged period of misfortune
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impregnable
unable to be captured or broken into. unable to be defeated or destroyed.
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stout
an act, quality, or person; brave and determined. a person; somewhat fat or of heavy build.
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www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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Shakespeare’s plays became part of the debate about what it meant to be an American
Shakespeare's writing started outta no where and people started striving off of it
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bible for Americans,
its kinda weird how people were so fixated on his work.
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his plays are not exclusively a national possession.
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