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Or, if thou thinkest I am too quickly won,
Juliet is not so simply won by a man in her words
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But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? FTLN 0826 It is the East, and Juliet is the sun. FTLN 0827 Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, FTLN 08285 Who is already sick and pale with grief FTLN 0829 That thou, her maid, art far more fair than she.
Romeo is passionate about getting with the love of his life.
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world's fresh ornament
The line "the world's fresh ornament" is a phrase meaning beauty. Shakespeare explains that this "art" is the world's fresh ornament, or the world's beauty and flawlessness.
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Thou that art now the world's fresh ornament
"thou THAT art NOW the WORLD'S fresh ORnaMENT"
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But as the riper should by time decease,
This line contains a good use of iambic pentameter as the words,"but AS the RIper SHOULD by TIME deCEASE"
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"Heir" most likely translates to "hair" as the line talks about "tender heir".
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Thyself
"Thyself" means "your self." As Shakespeare uses this in his line, he says that "Yourself shall foe."
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Making a famine where abundance lies,
Iambic pentameter is also used here,"maKING a FAMine WHERE aBUNDANCE lies."
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Pity the world, or else this glutton be, To eat the world's due, by the grave and thee.
Volta is used here as the entire beginning of the sonnet is reviewing the beauty of the world while the last two lines of the sonnet talk about having to "Pity the world." The use of volta in this sonnet makes the reader think twice about what they had read as their was two sides to the topic that the reader went through.
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increase,
Rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line in poems or songs. The rhyme scheme in Shakespeare's Sonnet I goes as: A, B, A, C, B, D, B, D, E, F, G, F, G, H, H.
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Now Shakespeare’s plays became part of the debate about what it meant to be an American,
Since Shakespeare's work had been debuted in America and had been praised so much, they were seen as "American."
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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.
Shakespeare influenced Americans so heavily, they thought of his work as almost "holy."
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The works of Shakespeare have been an integral part of the American dream since the first settlement of the Thirteen Colonies
The author explains that Shakespeare influenced poetry and writing in the "new land." Poetry and writing was believed to be brought here by Shakespeare and was influenced by his work.
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