was appropriate because they were "at the essential such as rearranging/languages." Minds that are capable of memorizing large quantities of number are also able to manipulate words.from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Barbara Guest's 'A Way of Being'
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The speaker is always very clever in making use of word choices that refer to both situations: the fathering of heirs and the writing of poetry. The speaker is producing "line of life" in his poetry, and he is encouraging the young man to do the same with his heritage.
from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Shakespeare Sonnet 16
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Yet the speaker asserts that his sonnet is a mere "tomb"; it does not actually do justice to the young man's qualities. The poem actually "hides your life." The poems barely represent "half your parts." Thus the speaker asks, "Who will believe my verse in time to come . . . ?"
from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Shakespeare Sonnet 17
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He wants to make her think he is unsophisticated like a young man. So he pretends to believe her lies, in order to get her to believe his pretense at being younger than he is.
from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Shakespeare Sonnet 138
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