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Gianluigi Salin Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Phrase elements correct order in modern English

Hello,
in shakespeare sonetto I have these phrases:

And every fair from fair sometime declines

and

When in eternal lines to time you grow

Whai is their correct elements order in modern English?

Tks
  

Top answer

html It's suggestion are: And everything beautiful sometime will lose its beauty Because in my eternal verse you will live forever. It's not possible to put the actual sonnet words in a new order and have them make sense in modern English.

  • html It's suggestion are: And everything beautiful sometime will lose its beauty Because in my eternal verse you will live forever.
  • It's not possible to put the actual sonnet words in a new order and have them make sense in modern English.
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There is a modern rendering of the sonnet here:

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/18detail.html

It's suggestion are:
And everything beautiful sometime will lose its beauty
Because in my eternal verse you will live forever.

It's not possible to put the actu
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