rigo090294
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I have sort of understood Sonnet 106 by William Shakespeared.
for those who dont know it, here it is.
When in the chronicle of wasted time
I see descriptions of the fairest wights,
And beauty making beautiful old rhyme
In praise of ladies dead and lovely knights,
Then, in the blazon of sweet beauty's best,
Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow,
I see their antique pen would have express'd
Even such a beauty as you master now.
So all their praises are but prophecies
Of this our time, all you prefiguring;
And, for they look'd but with divining eyes,
They had not skill enough your worth to sing:
For we, which now behold these present days,
Had eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise.
From some help form my teacher(because he didnt want to help alot, and wanted us to figure it out by ourselves or helping each other). I understood that:
This person is reading old stories from the past(medieval stories)
and the writers have such a way to describe beauty.
But all the writers from the past are doing is foreshadowing the beauty of girls in the present(the present time of the guy tlaking about the old stories).
Not even the old writers can describe in words the beauty of girls now.
There is no one who can describe beauty of a girl in words the way it is ment to be.
So, do I have the right concept, or is there something I am missing or misunderstanding?
for those who dont know it, here it is.
When in the chronicle of wasted time
I see descriptions of the fairest wights,
And beauty making beautiful old rhyme
In praise of ladies dead and lovely knights,
Then, in the blazon of sweet beauty's best,
Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow,
I see their antique pen would have express'd
Even such a beauty as you master now.
So all their praises are but prophecies
Of this our time, all you prefiguring;
And, for they look'd but with divining eyes,
They had not skill enough your worth to sing:
For we, which now behold these present days,
Had eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise.
From some help form my teacher(because he didnt want to help alot, and wanted us to figure it out by ourselves or helping each other). I understood that:
This person is reading old stories from the past(medieval stories)
and the writers have such a way to describe beauty.
But all the writers from the past are doing is foreshadowing the beauty of girls in the present(the present time of the guy tlaking about the old stories).
Not even the old writers can describe in words the beauty of girls now.
There is no one who can describe beauty of a girl in words the way it is ment to be.
So, do I have the right concept, or is there something I am missing or misunderstanding?