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Gianluigi Salin Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Help with Shakespeare sonnet 18
Hello,
In this sonnet have to recognize the correct SVO (subject + verb + object) order.
1. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? (aux)SVO
2. Thou art more lovely and more temperate: SVO
3. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, SVO
4 .And summer's lease hath all too short a date: SVO
5 .Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, SV
6. And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; VS
7. And every fair from fair sometime declines, SOV
8. By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd; ?
9. But thy eternal summer shall not fade, OV
10. Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st; VO / SV
11. Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, SV / SVO
12. When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st: OSV
13. So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, SV / SV
14. So long lives this and this gives life to thee. VS / SVO
Is it correct?
Tks in advance
In this sonnet have to recognize the correct SVO (subject + verb + object) order.
1. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? (aux)SVO
2. Thou art more lovely and more temperate: SVO
3. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, SVO
4 .And summer's lease hath all too short a date: SVO
5 .Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, SV
6. And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; VS
7. And every fair from fair sometime declines, SOV
8. By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd; ?
9. But thy eternal summer shall not fade, OV
10. Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st; VO / SV
11. Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, SV / SVO
12. When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st: OSV
13. So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, SV / SV
14. So long lives this and this gives life to thee. VS / SVO
Is it correct?
Tks in advance
Top answer
A few issues: What is the object in line 7? There is no finite verb in line 8 In 9, note that every English sentence must have a subject, except imperatives, where the subject in understood. What is the subject here?
- A few issues: What is the object in line 7?
- There is no finite verb in line 8 In 9, note that every English sentence must have a subject, except imperatives, where the subject in understood.
- What is the subject here?
- In 10, does the second clause have an object?
- 11 has an error.
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A few issues:
What is the object in line 7?
There is no finite verb in line 8
In 9, note that every English sentence must have a subject, except imperatives, where the subject in understood. What is the subject here?
In 10, does the second clause have an object?
11 has an error.
What is the object in 12?
What is the object in line 7?
There is no finite verb in line 8
In 9, note that every English sentence must have a subject, except imperatives, where the subject in understood. What is the subject here?
In 10, does the second clause have an object?
11 has an error.
What is the object in 12?
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ozzourtiAnd there is no object in 2.Thanks, I missed that one. There's a complement, not an object.
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Also, can't 6 be analyzed in two different ways?
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd
a) is [main verb]
his gold complexion [subject]
dimm'd [complement]
b) is [auxiliary verb]
his gold complexion [subject]
dimm'd [main verb]
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd
a) is [main verb]
his gold complexion [subject]
dimm'd [complement]
b) is [auxiliary verb]
his gold complexion [subject]
dimm'd [main verb]
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ozzourtiAlso, can't 6 be analyzed in two different ways?Yes. It's the old conundrum about past participle as verb or complement.
Perhaps the solution is to give two answers!
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"What is the object in line 7?". I thought It was "from fair"
"There is no finite verb in line 8". So isnt there an pbject too?
"What is the subject here?". thy eternal summer?
"In 10, does the second clause have an object?". thou?
"11 has an error.". What error?
"What is the object in 12?". in eternal lines?
"There is no finite verb in line 8". So isnt there an pbject too?
"What is the subject here?". thy eternal summer?
"In 10, does the second clause have an object?". thou?
"11 has an error.". What error?
"What is the object in 12?". in eternal lines?
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Gianluigi Salin"What is the object in line 7?". I thought It was "from fair"
Gianluigi Salin"What is the object in 12?". in eternal lines?A prepositional phrase is not considered a noun phrase only in very rare situations.
Gianluigi Salin"There is no finite verb in line 8". So isnt there an pbjec
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AlpheccaStarsThere's no object.But I think we have a noun clause used as an object:
Nor shall Death brag [(that) thou wander'st in his shade]
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ozzourtiBut I think we have a noun clause used as an object:Correct, I meant the second clause. The analysis should be reversed.
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AlpheccaStars thou ow'st that fair. The relative pronoun is shared between the main clause and the dependent clause.OK so if I have to specify the SVO order in that line, is it correct to write VO / OSV?
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