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Void said:explain the meaning of a construction (emphasized part) like
... and then but in the spring when i was wont to greet...
does it mean all other time besides the spring or smth else?
Dinosaur ComicsSilverpoint said:Shakespeare's sonnet number 102...written in iambic pentameter.
Void said:then, maybe, you can suggest why he has chosen the image of Philomel instead of simple nightingale?
Void said:But poems are not only differently interpreted when translated by different people (same target language), the speakers of the same language can also have different opinions
Silverpoint said:I'm not entirely sure myself, but according to a number of other commentaries, it doesn't appear to be significant. Perhaps, since he continued the nightingale theme later, he just wanted to avoid using the same word twice for artistic reasons ;-)
(...) Sure, you may get a gist of the story, but 90% of what makes it Shakespeare is lost. I'd be interested to hear if anyone fundamentally disagrees with me.
Silverpoint said:Sure, you may get a gist of the story, but 90% of what makes it Shakespeare is lost. I'd be interested to hear if anyone fundamentally disagrees with me.