31 Matching Annotations
  1. Apr 2016
    1. 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

    2. moan

      Moan rhymes with gone in line 1

    3. slow

      Slow rhymes with woe in the 14th line.

    4. gone

      gone rhymes with moan in line 12

    5. wrought

      This world rhymes with thought in line 9

    6. thought

      Thought rhymes with wrought in line 11

    7. thought

      thought rhymes with bought in line 3

    8. brought

      bought rhymes with thought in line 1

    9. stand

      stand rhymes with land in line 7

    10. land

      land rhymes with stand in line 5

    11. be

      Be rhymes with thee in line 6

    12. stay

      stay rhymes with way in line 2

    13. thee

      thee rhymes with be in line 8

    14. way

      Way rhymes with stay in line 4

    15. dost

      archaic second person singular present of do

    16. thought

      The Volta gives a big surprise because it says that Shakespeare traveled all this way but his love wasn't there.

    17. If

      weak

    18. /

    19. Up

      weak

    20. on

      strong

    21. the

      weak

    22. /

    23. far

      weak

    24. hest

      weak

    25. /

    26. earth

      strong

    27. For nimble thought can jump both sea and land

      This is repetition because he keeps repeating that the distance can be condensed through thoughts.

    28. 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.

    1. 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.

    2. 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.

    3. When we met in the traumatic aftermath of the Charleston shootings

      The imagery helps me understand more.