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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
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Please rewrite it into plain English: Is my try on the right track?

Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.

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My try:

Nothing of him has really faded, but he has really gone through a great change - he's become wealthy (both in knowledge and money) and unusual.
  

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Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell. The parts of his body that did not decay (eg.

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  • Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange.
  • Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell.
  • The parts of his body that did not decay (eg.
  • his flesh) were transformed into precious and strange materials.
  • His bones became coral (In Italy, amulets made of red coral were worn by children as a protection against bad luck and disease.
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Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell.

The parts of his body that did not decay (eg. his flesh) were transformed into precious and strange materials.

His bones became cora
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