The SonnetsNew American Library, 1988 - 246 pages "I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them and the distinguished scholarship of the general editors, Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller who understand that these are plays for performance as well as great texts for contemplation." (Patrick Stewart) The distinguished Pelican Shakespeare series, which has sold more than four million copies, is now completely revised and repackaged. Each volume features: |
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Page 57
... poet's rage And stretchèd meter of an antique song : But were some child of yours alive that time , You should live ... poetic exaggeration 4 12 · 18 Shall I compare thee to a THE SONNETS 57.
... poet's rage And stretchèd meter of an antique song : But were some child of yours alive that time , You should live ... poetic exaggeration 4 12 · 18 Shall I compare thee to a THE SONNETS 57.
Page 123
... poets can in praise devise . 12 2 fair beauty 4 The barren ... debt i.e. , the worthless offer that the poet is obliged to make 5 slept in your report refrained from praising you 7 modern trivial 4 84 Who is it that says most , which ...
... poets can in praise devise . 12 2 fair beauty 4 The barren ... debt i.e. , the worthless offer that the poet is obliged to make 5 slept in your report refrained from praising you 7 modern trivial 4 84 Who is it that says most , which ...
Page 229
... poet's re- proof ) , " profitless usurer " ( the youth's own loss ) , and finally , " unus'd beauty " ( the whole tragedy - of beauty , of the poet , and of the youth - in the hour of death ) . Thus this sonnet , which in its absence of ...
... poet's re- proof ) , " profitless usurer " ( the youth's own loss ) , and finally , " unus'd beauty " ( the whole tragedy - of beauty , of the poet , and of the youth - in the hour of death ) . Thus this sonnet , which in its absence of ...
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appearance argument bear beauty beauty's become believe better cold dear death desire dost doth edition effect Elizabethan example experience express eyes face fact fair false fear feeling figure fingers flower gentle give grace hand happy hast hath heart Henry hold imagery jacks keep kind kiss leaves less lines lips live look love's lover meaning metaphors mind nature never night once perhaps person play poem poet possible praise present prince prove published reason reference rich seems sense sexual Shake Shakespeare sight sonnets speak spirit stand suggest summer's sweet tell thee thine things thou art thought thyself Time's true truth turn University Press verse virtue wish worth write written youth