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im having difficulties with shakespeares Sonnet 20, which is
A woman's face with Nature's own hand painted
Hast thou, the master-mistress of my passion;
A woman's gentle heart, but not acquainted
With shifting change, as is false women's fashion;
An eye more bright than theirs, less false in rolling,
Gilding the object whereupon it gazeth;
A man in hue, all 'hues' in his controlling,
Much steals men's eyes and women's souls amazeth.
And for a woman wert thou first created;
Till Nature, as she wrought thee, fell a-doting,
And by addition me of thee defeated,
By adding one thing to my purpose nothing.
But since she prick'd thee out for women's pleasure,
Mine be thy love and thy love's use their treasure.
and i dont get the last sentence. anyone wanna explain it to me?
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aahh im gonna fail this..
[quote=Uiluj2]wtf i thought shakespeare was married[/quote]
in his era, being homosexual was open. also, in his plays, ther were no female actors. so.. </3
[quote=ekfsksk]er, shakespear's lover in this sonnet is a guy..[/quote]
Well, that would make sense since he's bashing women in this sonnet.
I wouldn't trust me, though, since I'm not that great with Elizabethan era stuff.
er, shakespear's lover in this sonnet is a guy..
The last line is something along the lines of
"your body is their treasure, and let your love be mine"
It's pretty much a sonnet about how women are these mood-swinging prostitutes.. or something like that.