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Shakespeare's sonnets & Procreation
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alpinista says:
I just finished reading Shakespeare's Sonnets (#1-7) and I was surprised by his repeated emphasis on the perpetuation of identity through one's children or through a romantic relationship with another. Does anyone have any thoughts about this matter?
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jastewart says:
Angry at this woman's constant objection to marry him, Shakespeare attacks the ubiquitous fear mankind expresses throughout history: fear of oblivion.
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isiara says:
my mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
coral is far more red than her lips' red;
if snow be white, why then her cheeks are dun;
if hars be wires, black wire grow on her head.

i have seen roses damask'd, red and white,
but no such roses i see in her cheeks;
and in some perfumes there is more delight
than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.

i love to hear her speak, yet well i know
that music hath a far more pleasing sound;
i grant i never saw a goddess go;
my mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:

and yet, by heaven, i think my love as rare
as any she belied with false compare

shakespeare sonnet CXXX, hope you like it! ^^
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isiara says:
heh heh! aji!

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