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Our OR author uses the word "verse" where one would normally say "line". This could be a technical usage for all I know, but in a general encyclopaedia it is confusing. Does anyone agree that it should be changed? Jezza (talk) 18:31, 19 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
This isn't an encyclopedia-quality entry, but rather an opinion, presumably an English class assignment. "What I got out of this sonnet, is ..." would be a reasonable opening line. Shakespeare has made a drawn-out and beautifully written (he was, after all, Shakespeare) observation that lust will make you all crazy-like, until it's satisfied and then you're remorseful. There is no 'gabbling on' nor disapproval of lust. Shakespeare wasn't a big disapprover, in general, nor someone who pursed his lips and got scoldy when sex reared its ugly head. "You'll act badly in pursuit of lust and the minute you're done you're filled with the conviction that it wasn't worth it and you feel degraded. Everyone knows this, but hey, when did that ever stop anyone?" is pretty much the size of it. But to make it an article about the sonnet, it needs more than an accurate interpretation of its meaning.
