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The Final Couplet

The Final Couplet

Shakespeare's Sonnet 152

· 23 min

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Shakespeare chastises the dark lady but also chastises himself in the same breath. He continues to claim he's got dodgy vision.

Our story continues with a dramatic turn...

Sonnet 152
In loving thee thou know’st I am forsworn,
But thou art twice forsworn, to me love swearing;
In act thy bed-vow broke, and new faith torn
In vowing new hate after new love bearing.
But why of two oaths’ breach do I accuse thee
When I break twenty? I am perjured most,
For all my vows are oaths but to misuse thee,
And all my honest faith in thee is lost.
For I have sworn deep oaths of thy deep kindness,
Oaths of…

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