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Most recent posts at the top of each section. A TOC for my poems is in a separate post, I know, I know - ‘Only connect . . . ‘ - so here’s a link:
Essays
Playful Shakespeare in his Sonnets?
A thought on Shakespeare's spelling in light of my interpretation of Sonnet 24 and his variation of spelling in the line "Now see what good-turnes eyes for eies have done" and then beyond.
More on Sonnet 24, Shakespeare, Triangulating
Having offered an interpretation some clarification and steps towards contextualisation.
William Shakespeare's 'good turne' in Sonnet 24?
Floating an interpretation of this sonnet that I have not seen written - and which to me brings it to life, as beautiful, deep, multi-dimensional and important to his sonnet sequence, all things I have seen it questioned over as it is usually somewhat dismissed.
A Heep of Forgiveness
I wrote last week that I found the presentation of Uriah Heep by Charles Dickens in David Copperfield to be difficult. Uriah Heep seems to just be shown as a bad person. There is little to dispute that. But I react as he is not shown any understanding, help or forgiveness, but is held to blame (rightly, but also without any hope of change(?)) and perhap…
What do I want with writing?
I don’t know about you, but I like to be free. But every turn seems to bring chains - often including those I give myself even in freedoms I find.
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Appreciation
