tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post432505081882416682..comments2024-01-07T19:22:21.305-06:00Comments on All write with coffee...: Shakespeare's Sonnet Sunday: Sonnet 6Ann Elle Altmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02192162600274764681noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-30629945770823224872010-02-16T20:10:19.693-06:002010-02-16T20:10:19.693-06:00Corra, glad you like it.
annCorra, glad you like it.<br /><br />annAnn Elle Altmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02192162600274764681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-23734683796941106832010-02-16T16:11:16.908-06:002010-02-16T16:11:16.908-06:00Ha! I'm starting to be able to read these! (Th...Ha! I'm starting to be able to read these! (Though I'm fairly confident of the theme by now before I embark!)<br /><br />The final line in this sonnet is clever. :)<br /><br />Corra<br /><br /><a href="http://corramcfeydon.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">from the desk of a writer</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-32899527295274515192010-02-15T07:34:13.004-06:002010-02-15T07:34:13.004-06:00Kimberley, you have ten children! Wow, you must be...Kimberley, you have ten children! Wow, you must be superwoman. <br /><br />annAnn Elle Altmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02192162600274764681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-43003642489545256192010-02-14T21:19:29.279-06:002010-02-14T21:19:29.279-06:00Well, I have ten kids--most the time, they make me...Well, I have ten kids--most the time, they make me ten times happier. Other times--not so much.Kimberly Jobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11968684955824178271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-19312235734125043302010-02-14T20:44:53.383-06:002010-02-14T20:44:53.383-06:00Bisi, times haven't really changes much, have ...Bisi, times haven't really changes much, have they? <br /><br />Tina, maybe that's why shakespeare used his first six (so far) sonnets to stress the importance of procreation.<br /><br />Sam, I believe Shakespeare was using his sonnets to speak to certain young men in particular, those obsessed with looks and not with treating their families with care. <br /><br />Jemi, glad you like it.<br /><br />annAnn Elle Altmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02192162600274764681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-34240439237917071352010-02-14T13:42:53.966-06:002010-02-14T13:42:53.966-06:00Very interesting stuff! Thanks :)Very interesting stuff! Thanks :)Jemi Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214408467456320167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-2432471968076117932010-02-14T11:48:04.612-06:002010-02-14T11:48:04.612-06:00Thanks for the reading. I wonder why it the speake...Thanks for the reading. I wonder why it the speaker feels he has to say it all and prevent the self-willing? I mean, however much the speaker is part of a culture similar to that described by Bisi Adjapon, the subject is not, preferring, what abstinence, self-indulgence, thinking himself too good for anyone else?Sam Woodhttp://www.shakespearestandard.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-79577086356243652292010-02-14T10:45:10.625-06:002010-02-14T10:45:10.625-06:00I wonder if Shakespeare was worried or depressed t...I wonder if Shakespeare was worried or depressed that he only had three children, sort of a small number for that day and age, and his son died so young. So many of his sonnets talk about having kids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-270015460698925952010-02-14T09:24:27.662-06:002010-02-14T09:24:27.662-06:00Don't I know it too well. This is a view held ...Don't I know it too well. This is a view held even today by many Africans, that the woman is the receptacle for the man's sperm. The idea of planting seeds all over the place is also interesting. My father was that way. He had thirteen children and that made him feel powerful and generous.Bisi Adjaponhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08300907751582774883noreply@blogger.com