My Mistress' Eyes
In this sonnet, Shakespeare seems to be very critical of this woman's physical faults. I tried to approach the poem from a comical view to be able to read it and be comfortable with it. She seems to be of African or Middle Eastern descent by his statement of the color o...
"The Bustle in the House"
The bustle in a house 1) Bustle: noise
The morning after death
Is solemnest of industries 2) Industries: a time period (times)
Enacted upon earth,--
The sweeping up the heart,
And putting love away
We shall not want to...