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William ShakespeareSonnet 71Geschke/British Literature
Shakespeare Sonnet 71
Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare Sonnet 71
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What is the poet saying?Quatrain 1 No longer mourn for me when I
am deadThan you shall hear the surly sullen bellGive warning to the
world that I am fledFrom this vile world, with vilest worms to
dwell. (1-4)
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Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare Sonnet 71
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Quatrain 1Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare Sonnet 71
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Quatrain 1Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare Sonnet 71
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Quatrain 1Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare Sonnet 71
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Quatrain 2Nay, if you read this line, remember not The hand that
writ it; for I love you so That I in your sweet thoughts would be
forgot If thinking on me then should make you woe. (5-8)
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Quatrain 2Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare Sonnet 71
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Quatrain 3O, if, I say, you look upon this verse When I,
perhaps, compounded am with clay, Do not so much as my poor name
rehearse, But let your love even with my life decay, (9-12)
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Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare Sonnet 71
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Quatrain 3Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare Sonnet 71
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Quatrain 3Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare Sonnet 71
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CoupletLest the wise world should look into your moan And mock
you with me after I am gone. (13-14)The speaker suggests that the
world will mock and take advantage of his beloved because of his
sadness.Is this how the world is?
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How does he go about saying it?Geschke/British Literature
Shakespeare Sonnet 71
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No longer mourn for me when I am dead
Iambic Pentameter
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Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare Sonnet 71
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SymbolismGeschke/British Literature Shakespeare Sonnet 71
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ToneSadSelflessGeschke/British Literature Shakespeare Sonnet
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ThemeDeath?Love?
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Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare Sonnet 71
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