The cause of this fair gift in me is wanting, And so my patent back again is swerving.
I don' understand what he means in these couple of lines.
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- Apr 2016
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www.opensourceshakespeare.org www.opensourceshakespeare.org
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So thy great gift, upon misprision growing,
I don't understand what he means.
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doth
I didnt understand this word.
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My bonds in thee are all determinate.
My-bonds, In-thee, Are-all, Deter-minate.
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gavest
At first glance, i did not know what this meant.
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thou art too dear for my possessing
Thou-art, Too-dear, For-my, Possess-ing.
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Farewell!
The rhyme scheme is a(possessing),b(estimate),a(releasing),b(determinate),c(granting),d(deserving),c(wanting),d(swerving),e(knowing),f(mistaking),e(growing),f(making),g(flatter),g(matter)
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Thyself thou gavest, thy own worth then not knowing,
The significance of this line is saying she gave herself away, without knowing her worth.
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www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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In that sense, Shakespeare is the quintessentially American author.”
I have never read any of his work, so I don't know whether or not this statement is true.
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