Why didst thou

Hark, hark! Bow, wow, The watch-dogs bark: Bow, wow. I hear The strain of strutting chanticleer Cry, Cock-a-diddle-dow! This life is most jolly. Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, That does not bite so nigh As benefits forgot: Though thou the waters warp, Thy sting is not so sharp As friend remembered not.

Academy of American Poets Educator Newsletter. Teach This Poem. Follow Us. Find Poets. Poetry Near You. Jobs for Poets. Read Stanza. See the Introductory Notes for a discussion of the lover and the beloved as Christ figures. Here it is the poet who is the one betrayed by Peter who, even though he does repent, does not allay the suffering of Christ, the onlie begotten.

But also 'pay the price of '. Sins could be regarded as running up a debt of punsihment which had to be paid off by the offender. Sonnet XXXIV Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day, And make me travel forth without my cloak, To let base clouds o'ertake me in my way, Hiding thy bravery in their rotten smoke?

Commentary 1. Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day, Lines echo the proverb 'Although the sun shines, leave not your cloak at home'. And make me travel forth without my cloak, travel - Q gives the spelling travaile , and the words travel and travail seem to have been indistinguishable in Elizabethan orthography. To let base clouds o'ertake me in my way, base clouds - almost a repetition of the phrase used in Hiding thy bravery in their rotten smoke?

Mists, fogs and all exhalations from marshes and damp places were considered to be foul and dangerous. In addition to having a high monetary value, pearls could be ground up and used for medicinal purposes; thus, the healing theme is continued through the final couplet. The word state occur thries in the poem how does the meaning of this word change with each occurrence.

How did the conspirators see themselves? Rome should be a republic for the people, by the people Really the conspirators were largely in it for their own gain, history is riddled with stories like this. They see their actions as heroic and similar to how Brutus's grandfather Shakespeare's Sonnets study guide contains a biography of William Shakespeare, literature essays, a complete e-text, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

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