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Cedric2008 Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
What is meant by "lease" here?
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
My paraphrase:
Should I compare you to a summer's day? No, I shouldn't for several reasons. firstly, you are more lovely and temperate than a summer's day;
secondly, summer of May is not gentle in fact for the wind of the may is so rough that it will ruin the darling buds. lastly, the summer is too short?
what is meant by "lease" here? Thank you!
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
My paraphrase:
Should I compare you to a summer's day? No, I shouldn't for several reasons. firstly, you are more lovely and temperate than a summer's day;
secondly, summer of May is not gentle in fact for the wind of the may is so rough that it will ruin the darling buds. lastly, the summer is too short?
what is meant by "lease" here? Thank you!
Top answer
A lease is an agreement which allows you to stay until a certain date. Just as an aside, "temperate" is not a word which is understood in this context by the modern ear/brain. We understand "the temperate zone," but we rarely think about what it means.
- A lease is an agreement which allows you to stay until a certain date.
- Just as an aside, "temperate" is not a word which is understood in this context by the modern ear/brain.
- We understand "the temperate zone," but we rarely think about what it means.
- Beautiful English, that last line - very Englishy.
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A lease is an agreement which allows you to stay until a certain date.
Just as an aside, "temperate" is not a word which is understood in this context by the modern ear/brain. We understand "the temperate zone," but we rarely think about what it means.
Beautiful English, that last line - very Englishy.
Just as an aside, "temperate" is not a word which is understood in this context by the modern ear/brain. We understand "the temperate zone," but we rarely think about what it means.
Beautiful English, that last line - very Englishy.
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