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“It is strange people should be so greedy, when they are alone in the world.”

Act IV done.

Act III done.

Feels like a lot of this could’ve been avoided if Tybalt had any chill whatsoever.

Act II done.

Books 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20 all complete.

RIP Argos. You were the best pup.

Prologue and Act I done.

I’ll quote the line I had to read aloud in 9th grade and got laughed at for: “What noise is this? Give me my long sword, ho!”

Book 13 complete.

Well, we’re actually back home now. Time to clean house!

Sonnets XLIII-XLIX

For this week’s batch of sonnets, Sonnets XLIII & XLVII are the standouts. The first for using such great consonance and chiasmi, which underscore how his day and nights are dark and light respectively, since he sees his love in his dreams but not during the day. The second for how the eyes and heart are guests for one another, depending on if he sees his love, or if he’s just thinking of her.

Volume III, Part 1 done!

Act IV done.

This one’s a real throw-down, specifically of gages. Seven gages to be exact.

Act III done.

“Of comfort no man speak. / Let’s talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs, / Make dust our paper, and with rainy eyes / Write sorrow on the bosom of the Earth.”

Book 12 complete!

Halfway home.

Act II done.

Act I done.

“My dear, dear lord, / The purest treasure mortal times afford / Is spotless reputation; that away, / Men are but gilded loam or painted clay.”

The quality of verse is a huge step-up from King John.

Book 11 complete.