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What does the last two lines of 'A Madrigal of William shakespeare mean?
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∙ 10y ago
Presumably you are alluding to the verse "Crabbed Age and Youth" to which the editor of the Harvard Classics gave the dull and unhelpful name "A Madrigal" in 1909. This was one of the verses found in the collection called A Passionate Pilgrim which publisher William Jaggard issued in 1599. Although the collection is attributed to Shakespeare, it is a cheap and shoddily assembled volume which contains a number of verses which are certainly by other poets, and contains a number where the attribution to Shakespeare is dubious (as well as some where Shakespeare's authorship is certain). This verse is one of the dubious ones. It certainly lacks the finesse which even the immature Shakespeare shows, with its lack of a coherent rhyme scheme, its monotonous reiteration of contrasting words for age and youth, and the surprise appearance of a shepherd for some unknown reason in the second-to-last line.
There are no metaphors in the poem, although there are similes in four consecutive lines "like summer morn", "like winter weather", "like summer brave", and "like winter bare". There are numerous personifications of youth and age.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 10y agoThe author/William Shakespeare is stating that he sees the harbinger of death and is sad as he is old and weak whereas his youth is young, he wishes the omen of death would hide or leave (hie). He thinks the shepard (death) has haunted him for too long and he wants to have more time and celebrsat eyouth and and avoid age and death.
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∙ 9y agoA madrigal is a kind of song, popular in Shakespeare's day, with a number of interlacing vocal parts. He doesn't actually use the word much--a couple of times in Merry Wives of Windsor is all.
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∙ 11y agoUmm, to start off with, madrigals are songs not poems. The lyric to a madrigal might contain the words "William Shakespeare", although I can't think of one which does, and if so it is probably the name of the famous playwright and poet. Shakespeare himself wrote a number of lyrics for songs which might have been given the madrigal treatment by some composer or other, although the only composer we know of who wrote music to Shakespeare's lyrics was Thomas Morley, with his famous (non-madrigal) setting of "It was a lover and his lass" from As You Like It.
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∙ 6y agoA madrigal is a piece of music, and Shakespeare did not write music. He did write the words to songs, quite a few of them in fact, but not the music.
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What is Shakespeare's last name?
Shakespeare did not have a middle name. When you translate it from Latin it is William Shakespeare.
Did William Shakespeare's daughter had a grandaughter?
Neither of Shakespeare's two daughters had granddaughters, although they both had children. The last living descendant of Shakespeare was his granddaughter Elizabeth.
Why didn't William Shakespeare's children have his last name?
Shakespeare's children did have his surname. However, when his daughters married they changed their surnames to their husbands.
What is believed to be the last play he wrote?
The Tempest is considered to be the last play by William Shakespeare written alone by himself.
What is William Shakespeare's play 'The Tempest' considered by many to be?
a disguised criticism of britain’s imperialist activities. APEXX
What is Shakespeare's last name?
Shakespeare did not have a middle name. When you translate it from Latin it is William Shakespeare.
Where Does The Last Name madrigal Come From?
The last name Madrigal originated from Spain. The last name Madrigal means from the womb. It is derived from the Latin word, matricalis.
What was Shakespeare last names middle name?
His name was William Shakespeare. No middle name.
Who are the first and last names of two historically famous London writers?
Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare
Name William Shakespeare's last novel?
William Shakespeare did not write novels.The novel, as we understand it today, did not appear until the 18th Century, some 150 years after Shakespeare's death.Most scholars believe that Shakespeare's last play - not written as a collboration - was The Tempest dated to around 1611.
How old was William Shakespeare when he wrote his last play?
He was about 49 or 50.
When was the Tempest?
1610-11.
Shakespeare's sons Hamnet and Judith?
Hamnet was the only son of William and Anne Shakespeare while Judith is the second daughter and the last child of the Shakespeare family.
Did William Shakespeare's daughter had a grandaughter?
Neither of Shakespeare's two daughters had granddaughters, although they both had children. The last living descendant of Shakespeare was his granddaughter Elizabeth.
What was William Shakespeare's last plays?
Shakespeare's last few plays were The Two Noble Kinsmen, Henry VIII and Cardenio, which is now lost. These were written with John Fletcher.
Why are the last two lines of sonnet 18 indented?
The last two lines of Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare are indented to create a visual and structural effect known as a "volta" or a turn in the sonnet. This indentation emphasizes the shift in tone or subject matter that often occurs in the concluding couplet of a Shakespearean sonnet.
Why didn't William Shakespeare's children have his last name?
Shakespeare's children did have his surname. However, when his daughters married they changed their surnames to their husbands.
