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>>After all, how do we KNOW FOR SURE that the order of >>words in each sonnet was what the poet intended?Because words don't slip off a page. Papers can be rearranged, and the arrangement may not be the choice of the poet. In addition, the sonnets grouped thematically may not have been written at the same time, and may have described many different events, some true, some fictional, that happened to have the same theme.
There is no way to know what about the poems is fiction and what is not. Therefore, any conclusion about WS the man drawn from the poems is bound to be flawed.
>There comes a point when this stupid agnosticism has to stop
>and we, that is you, take a serious stand on the AVAILABLE
>evidenceThat's exactly what I have been doing: due to the available evidence (letters, personal testimony, etc.) WS was not gay. If you can come up with some actual evidence, let's see it. You're merely quoting fiction. I want some facts. Let's see them.
>>Are you willing to do so, or is it just going to be an endless orgy >>of intellectual self-gratification?
The perfect discription of your technique. You're merely reading the poems in the way that fits your preconceptions. That's convenient, but it's intellectual rubbish.
Posted by Reality Chuck on April 17, 1997 at 13:56:27
In Reply to "The sonnets in sequence" posted by Professor Mike on April 17, 1997 at 10:29:17
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