| Front | Sonnet 116 - Shakespeare Explore: 'Or bends with the remover to remove. O no, it is an ever fixed marke' x3 |
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| Back | •'bends' doesn't yield to external influence - incorruptible relationship •'remover to remove' polyptoton - (repetition of a word in a different case or inflection) reiterates the constancy of their relationship + additional syllable in 'remover' than 'remove' •'O no' it a much more emotive interjection than the previous authority presented. Does the theatrical nature of the poem take away from the sincerity? |
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