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Well, that is a good question. It probably depends on who is interpreting it. I think that it is about perfect but impossible love. It uses a Phoenix (fictional bird that dies by fire and is reborn from ashes) and a turtledove to illustrate the impossible love. Shakespeare discusses the pure, amazing love they had... they were like one being, as is shown in the lines "two distincts, division none" and "Distance, and no space was seen" ... they were so close, that nothing could divide them, no matter what. ... but nothing could come from it, still, because it was an impossible pairing.
I think it is kind of summed up in the line "truth may seem, but cannot be" ... that everything can seem to fit together perfectly, and it is exactly what you want, exactly what you are... part of you, but sometimes it still won't work.
The end of the poem talks about truth and beauty, and what I get from it is that truth and beauty aren't the same thing... no matter how you want them to be, and no matter how they claim to be. :) Pretty much exactly opposite to what Keats says in his Ode on a Grecian Urn.
Please see the related links for the text of the poem and a related Wikipedia article.
What else can I help you with?
How many sonnet's plays and long poem did Shakespeare publish?
Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets, 28 plays and two long poems (maybe 3, if you count the Turtle and the Phoenix)
What is a simile in the poem the phoenix and the turtle?
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What are 3 poems by William Shakespeare?
Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece, The Phoenix and the Turtle
What is Shakespeare's most famous poem?
Shakespeare most famous poem is Sonnet #18
What is 'threnos' in the phoenix and the turtle?
A funeral song
Is the poem the Phoenix and the turtle a William Shakespeare poem?
Yes.
When did William Shakespeare write the poem The Phoenix and the Turtle?
William Shakespeare wrote the Phoenix and the Turtle in 1601. It was also published that same year as part of a collection called Love's Martyr.
How many sonnet's plays and long poem did Shakespeare publish?
Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets, 28 plays and two long poems (maybe 3, if you count the Turtle and the Phoenix)
What type of poem is the phoenix and the turtle?
For me it's a kin of Tradegy.
What is a simile in the poem the phoenix and the turtle?
kos 2omak ya 5awal
What are the narrative poems that Shakespeare's wrote?
Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece, and The Phoenix and the Turtle
What are 3 poems by William Shakespeare?
Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece, The Phoenix and the Turtle
What were william shakespeare's poems?
He wrote 154 sonnets, Venus and Adonis, a long semi-pornographic poem, and the Rape of Lucrece, another long poem. He is also credited with the poems The Phoenix and the Turtle, and A Lover's Complaint, although the attribution is sometimes questioned.
How many narrative poems does shakespeare have?
Three: Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece and The Phoenix and The Turtle.
What literary technique does Shakespeare use in persuasive works such as the poems If Can't and Perseverance?
These are not the titles of any poems by Shakespeare. His poems are either called Sonnet (with a number), Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece, or The Phoenix and the Turtle. There is also a poem called A Lover's Complaint attributed to him.
What shakespeare poems have a specific name?
Unlike the sonnets, which have a generic name and a number for each poem, some of Shakespeare's poems are specifically named. These are: Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece and The Phoenix and The Turtle. Other random poems have names but they are given by editors, A Lover's Complaint for example.
What sonnets and poems did Shakespeare write?
Poems: venus and adonis, the rape of lucrece, a lovers complaint, the phoenix and the turtle...
