What always surprises me about all the Shakespeare commentary is how so much of it is conjectural. I had a former professor once say that all the real information we know about Shakespeare could be put on the back of a postage stamp. What we know for sure about Shakespeare claims him to be litigatious, very interested in wealth, and often in a big hurry.
Wouldn't it be lovely to have someone write such words to us? Maybe he did? I have been hearing, and agreeing with a certain scientist that says that Shakespeare is a woman. A jewish woman named Amelia Bassano. But even if an old country gentleman did indeed write these lines, they are gorgeous and you read them well, Sir.
I believe it is spelled "besmirched", nowadays! Blackened, or dirtied, or maybe tarnished, that is the over all effect of time and Shakespeare always seems keenly aware of how time ravishes in his sonnets. Thanks, Keep in touch, Stanley
What always surprises me about all the Shakespeare commentary is how so much of it is conjectural. I had a former professor once say that all the real information we know about Shakespeare could be put on the back of a postage stamp. What we know for sure about Shakespeare claims him to be litigatious, very interested in wealth, and often in a big hurry.
Art and character are often strange bedfellows.
StanleyPacion 3 years ago
Wouldn't it be lovely to have someone write such words to us? Maybe he did? I have been hearing, and agreeing with a certain scientist that says that Shakespeare is a woman. A jewish woman named Amelia Bassano. But even if an old country gentleman did indeed write these lines, they are gorgeous and you read them well, Sir.
Nyhee7 3 years ago
I believe it is spelled "besmirched", nowadays! Blackened, or dirtied, or maybe tarnished, that is the over all effect of time and Shakespeare always seems keenly aware of how time ravishes in his sonnets. Thanks, Keep in touch, Stanley
StanleyPacion 3 years ago
Besmerched?
Kesinji 3 years ago