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Sonnets by William Shakespeare
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Shakespeare's Sonnet XVIII (abridged)

You're hot.
But not as hot as this poem.

Shakespeare's Sonnet CXVI (abridged)

I'll love you even when you are sixty four
Or my name's not Heather Mills.

Shakespeare's Sonnet XCIV (abridged)

Stay cool man. Peace.
Like, flower power, y'know?
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Reading Progress

Finished Reading
January 19, 2009 – Shelved
October 12, 2009 – Shelved as: why-not-call-it-poetry
March 24, 2010 – Shelved as: parody-homage
July 6, 2012 – Shelved as: life-is-shakespeare
April 18, 2019 – Shelved (Pocket Book Edition)
April 18, 2019 – Shelved as: french (Pocket Book Edition)
April 18, 2019 – Shelved as: history-and-bi... (Pocket Book Edition)
April 18, 2019 – Shelved as: life-is-shakes... (Pocket Book Edition)
April 18, 2019 – Shelved as: translation-is... (Pocket Book Edition)
April 18, 2019 – Shelved as: why-not-call-i... (Pocket Book Edition)
April 18, 2019 – Shelved as: to-read (Pocket Book Edition)

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message 1: by Manny (last edited Jan 19, 2009 03:08AM) (new) - added it

Manny Apologies to Madeline, who came up with the original idea. Theft is the sincerest form of flattery...


message 2: by Madeline (new)

Madeline Nice.


message 3: by Manny (last edited Mar 24, 2010 03:07AM) (new) - added it

Manny I bow to the Mistress of this rather specialized genre :)

Have been trying to create an abridged version of CXVI, but so far without success...


message 4: by Meen (new)

Meen I love Madeline's summaries, but I can't even imagine trying to humorously abridge the sonnets. I'm impressed, Manny!


message 5: by Matthieu (new)

Matthieu Haha, wonderful, Manny!


message 6: by Manny (new) - added it

Manny OK, after a year of thought, I have added an abridged version of XCIV...


message 7: by Meen (new)

Meen Thou dost rock, Manny.


message 8: by Manny (new) - added it

Manny Foresooth! Thy words do touch me to the very core.


message 9: by Meen (new)

Meen Forsooth thouself, ya big bard!

;)


message 10: by Alex (new) - rated it 5 stars

Alex Here goes Manny - a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy


message 11: by Manny (last edited Jun 08, 2011 10:38PM) (new) - added it

Manny Dost thou compare me to the King's jester? Ifaith, th'art too kind!


Reading Harbor lol


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Manny Thank you, good sir.


Elisabeth Bridges Thou hast ascended the brightest heavens of invention.


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Manny The sweetness of thy words doth melt my soul.
Be thanked, kind maid.


message 16: by Robert (new)

Robert The Sonnets, Abridg'd:

Snooze.


message 17: by Manny (new) - added it

Manny Robert wrote: "The Sonnets, Abridg'd:

Snooze."


Avast, thou gorbellied clapper-clawed barnacle, thou loggerheaded flap-mouthed mumble-news!


message 18: by Manny (new) - added it

Manny (Insults courtesy of ).


message 19: by Robert (new)

Robert Manny wrote: "Robert wrote: "The Sonnets, Abridg'd:

Snooze."

Avast, thou gorbellied clapper-clawed barnacle, thou loggerheaded flap-mouthed mumble-news!"


This is a quote from Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter, isn't it? Where'd you find a copy?


message 20: by Manny (new) - added it

Manny It's just before the entrance of the Iambic Policemen.


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Manny Ifaith, I wot not. I am not unfair; then am I fair? 'Tis a pretty question.


Rahaf Bustame Shakespeare's poems its a famous poem that have a strong word express deep feeling . And sonnet18 on of them that Attracts the reader's attention to enjoy his poem.So what is my analytics about it? And what am notic figritive language?

Shakespear began his poem with a question and he completed hie poem by answer it.compare between the most beutiful seosun for him which is ghe summer with his lover,to praise his beloved's beauty and describe all the ways in which their beauty is preferable to a summer day.Several poetic devices enhance the poem's meaning through the use of form, imagery, and figurative language to express lover's beauty.

The poet praises his beloved for portraying her as the ideal person ,works to tear down all positive thoughts of summer so that the reader can recognize just how much he lifts up the image of his beloved, when the poet describes the sun, he uses the words "gold complexion dimmed." The poet downplays the familiar brightness of the warm, comforting sun, referring to its ray as "dimmed."

Shakespear also uses alot of figuritive language like personification when he gave the death a humen character in the phrase "Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade" ,The poet portrays his beloved as the strong being who can overcome death itself, and these phrases make the beloved an ideal being, not only in the eyes of the poet but in the eyes of every reader.Also when he made the sky an eye" the eye of heaven shines".

Finnaly , I tried to show my experience reading this poem with its beauty and the eloquence it contains, which Attracts the reader's attention ,and I hope everyone will read it!


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