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William Shakespeare - Sonnet 42: That thou hast her, it is not all my grief

That thou hast her, it is not all my grief,
And yet it may be said I loved her dearly;
That she hath thee is of my wailing chief,
A loss in love that touches me more nearly.
Loving offenders, thus I will excuse ye:
Thou dost love her because thou know'st I love her,
And for my sake even so doth she abuse me,
Suff'ring my friend for my sake to approve her.
If I lose thee, my loss is my love's gain,
And, losing her, my friend hath found that loss;
Both find each other, and I lose both twain,
And both for my sake lay on me this cross.
    But here's the joy: my friend and I are one,
    Sweet flattery! Then she loves but me alone.

Added: on October 13th, 2005 at 6:43 PM | Viewed: 832 times | Comments (1)


Sonnet 42: That thou hast her, it is not all my grief - Comments and Information

Poet: William Shakespeare
Poem: 42. Sonnet 42: That thou hast her, it is not all my grief
Volume: The Sonnets
Year: Published/Written in 1609

Comment 1 of 1, added on October 13th, 2005 at 6:43 PM.

in this sonnet Skakespear refers to a frind and a lover. In the sonnet genarly Shkespear refers to him self as old to his a main frind as a lovely boy or adviced to mary. This frind niglict(better class)him. Sonnet 34 is ceartanly adressed to this frind and so is sonnet 42. There also a woman, the poet lover, who is unfaithfull She is usualy refer to as the dark lady. Most cretics belive that she was a black woman who is not attractive or faithfull.
In sonnet 42, it is clear that the young man has stolen the poet's girl. The poem shows his suffring as a point convince excuses and explanations of what has happend. He speaks about the idea of loss, which are spoken about in the other sonnet also. He speake about the sycological. In the first quarter, he complains about the tryle of his frind and lover.
For 12 lines , he tries to find excuses for his frind In the final capital, he moves from the sycological to a mid phisical. in final two lines his feeling is not truoth , it is not his real imotion(irony). His language is simple.

Asma Saad from Saudi Arabia

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