And burn the long-liv'd Phoenix in her blood;
In this line, Shakespeare is saying how time will even destroy a phoenix. A Phoenix is a mythical bird which is supposed to live forever, will be devoured by time.
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- Jan 2021
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Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws,And make the earth devour her own sweet brood;Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws,
In the first part of the sonnet, Shakespeare is expressing that time destroys anyone. The second sentence infers that Earth which gives life ends up devouring every creature due to time. In the first and second sentence, the example of the lions paws being blunt over time and the tigers jaw shows that regardless of what or who someone is, they will end up rotting in the ground.
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Nor draw no lines there with thine antique pen!Him in thy course untainted do allowFor beauty's pattern to succeeding men.Yet do thy worst, old Time! Despite thy wrongMy love shall in my verse ever live young
When Shakespeare is talking about "lines" it can be inferred he is referencing his own writing. We can infer that he may wither out and die but his youth and beauty will be preserved in his writing. Also, it can be inferred that Shakespeare wants to preserve the love he has at the moment because he knows that as time passes their time together will end sooner.
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But I forbid thee one more heinous crime:O, carve not with the hours my love's fair brow,
Shakespeare is asking time to not take away his youthful features and not show signs of aging.
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- May 2020
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Publication — is the Auction Of the Mind of Man —
I think that Dickinson is trying to portray that by selling your works means ur selling yourself out, specifically as a poet. For the most part poetrys deeper meaning may relate to the writer's feelings/opinions or their past.
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The Truth must dazzle graduallyOr every man be blind.
I believe this poem is expressing how the truth has to be told but can be contorted if the truth will hurt the other. The truth has to come out slowly otherwise people will become hurt by the real truth.
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Admonished by her buckled lipsLet every babbler be
Dickinson is saying how one should not keep our thoughts inwards.
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The reticent volcano keepsHis never slumbering plan —Confided are his projects pinkTo no precarious man.
I believe Dickinson is portraying how life and the events that come cant be explained. Also, how the world acts will continue to be unanswered
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And once they take it away, you never get it back.’
The American is trying to say that having a baby will take away many aspects/opportunities of their lives.
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‘I know. But if I do it, then it will be nice again if I say things are like white elephants, and you’ll like it?’‘I’ll love it. I love it now but I just can’t think about it. You know how I get when I worry.’‘If I do it you won’t ever worry?’
Seems as if the American is against the decision of not doing the operation because he says after the operation he would love the hills. This is a metaphor which is expressing how the American doesn't want to have the baby.
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‘Then what will we do afterwards?’‘We’ll be fine afterwards. Just like we were before.’‘What makes you think so?’‘That’s the only thing that bothers us. It’s the only thing that’s made us unhappy.’
The American is trying to imply that Jig should have an abortion when he says, "We'll be fine afterwards, Just like we were before."- maybe the American believes it will impact their relationship in a negative way.
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‘They’re lovely hills,’ she said. ‘They don’t really look like white elephants. I just meant the colouring of their skin through the trees.’‘Should we have another drink?’
Maybe the girl is trying to indirectly tell American that the she is pregnant, connecting the hills and to pregnancy.
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white elephants.
The elephant is a connection to the metaphor, the elephant in the room, which is underplaying a discussion that neither of them want to discuss.
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