6th - C - Sonnet 37 by Craig Pavlue

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Quatrain 1:
Metaphor: lame by Fortune's dearest spite
Decrepit: old considered thirty or older
Lame: unable to walk
He's looking back on his youth and he considers himself old and useless. He wants to be young again.

6th - C - Sonnet 37

Published on Nov 25, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

AS A DECREPIT FATHER

TAKES DELIGHT

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TO SEE HIS ACTIVE CHILD

DO DEEDS OF YOUTH,

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SO I, MADE LAME BY FORTUNE'S

DEAREST SPITE,

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TAKE ALL MY COMFORT

OF THY WORTH AND TRUTH;

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FOR WHETHER BEAUTY, BIRTH,

OR WEALTH, OR WIT,

Quatrain 2:
Alliteration: beauty, birth, or wealth, or wit
Engrafted: to insert
The upperclass young people have great power. He attaches himself to them and their quantities.

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OR ANY OF THESE ALL, OR ALL, OR MORE,

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ENTITLED IN THY PARTS,

DO CROWNED SIT,

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I MAKE MY LOVE

ENGRAFTED TO THIS STORE:

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SO THEN I AM NOT LAME,

POOR, NOR DESPISED,

Quatrain 3:
Metaphor: this shadow doth such substance give
Allusion: that I in abundance am sufficed
(Allusion to bible and previous sonnets)
Youth's presence and influence are big enough to give him life and make him sufficient.

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