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In an earlier posting, you wrote:>>>For unknown
>>>reasons Sh seeks to persuade the young man to marry, and is
>>>sending him a series of gracefully phrased sonnets designed
>>>to achieve this; but by # 18 ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's
>>>day?" their relationship has evolved and become much more
>>>intimate. Now it's the poet who will give the recipient
>>>immortality, and by 20 he's ready to declare his love.Are you now withdrawing that statement?
Posted by Thersites on April 16, 1997 at 04:41:44
In Reply to "Shall I Compare Thee to a Poppycock?" posted by Professor Mike on April 16, 1997 at 02:15:08
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