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woe
Woe rhymes with slow so that the final couplet is finished making the final rhyme scheme A B A B C D C D E F E F G G
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moan
Moan rhymes with gone in line 1
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slow
Slow rhymes with woe in the 14th line.
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gone
gone rhymes with moan in line 12
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wrought
This world rhymes with thought in line 9
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thought
Thought rhymes with wrought in line 11
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thought
thought rhymes with bought in line 3
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brought
bought rhymes with thought in line 1
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stand
stand rhymes with land in line 7
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land
land rhymes with stand in line 5
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be
Be rhymes with thee in line 6
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stay
stay rhymes with way in line 2
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thee
thee rhymes with be in line 8
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way
Way rhymes with stay in line 4
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dost
archaic second person singular present of do
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thought
The Volta gives a big surprise because it says that Shakespeare traveled all this way but his love wasn't there.
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If
weak
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Up
weak
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on
strong
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the
weak
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far
weak
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hest
weak
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/
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earth
strong
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For nimble thought can jump both sea and land
This is repetition because he keeps repeating that the distance can be condensed through thoughts.
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Injurious distance should not stop my way
This line is necessary in order for the reader to see how much Shakespeare wants to get home to his love.
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Perhaps the apotheosis of the marriage between Shakespeare and the new world occurs with West Side Story.
Even though i have never seen West Side Story I can tell by the photos how influential Shakespeare must have been in the writing.
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n New York City, deep in Central Park, Shakespeare’s statue embodies the ceaseless inner dialogue of the American dream
I think that this statue is one of the things that has kept Shakespeare as such a popular figure.
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When we met in the traumatic aftermath of the Charleston shootings
The imagery helps me understand more.
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