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Tragedies of William Shakespeare and Sonnets: Sonnets 35 - 43

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Shakespeare, William

Shakespeare, William
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Critic: Violli, Unicio J.
Affiliation: Associate Professor Of English, Fairleigh Dickinson University

Sonnets 35 - 43

(35) - "no more be grieved . . ."

Summary:

I both excuse your betrayal and condemn it, like a man with two roles in
court: prosecutor and defendant.

Paraphrase

1. Do not grieve any longer at that (your betrayal) which you have
committed;

2. roses have thorns, and fountains made of silver contain mud.

3. Clouds and eclipses darken both moon and sun,

4. and in the loveliest flower bud is found the loathsome worm.

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