General Poetry posted October 2, 2021 |
Shakespeare revisited
No Painted Idol
by Lobber
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No Rules Poetry Contest contest entry
- Lobber
The above poem is from a Free Verse Poetry class with FS Member Pantygynt. The poem is a modernized, free-verse interpretation of Shakespeare's "Sonnet #105". Shakespeare's poem reads as follows:
Sonnet #105
By SHAKESPEARE
Let not my love be called idolatry,
Nor my beloved as an idol show,
Since all alike my songs and praises be
To one, of one, still such, and ever so.
Kind is my love today, tomorrow kind,
Still constant in a wondrous excellence;
Therefore my verse, to constancy confined,
One thing expressing, leaves out difference.
"Fair, kind, and true" is all my argument,
"Fair, kind, and true," varying to other words;
And in this change is my invention spent,
Three themes in one, which wondrous scope affords.
"Fair," "kind," and "true" have often lived alone,
Which three till now never kept seat in one.
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Comments:
- Although Shakespeare purports not to engage in idolatry, he goes on to write why his love is worthy of idolatry.
- This poem is about a trilogy of his love's virtues: fair, kind and true. While there are famous trilogies in religion, I choose to use music for my analogy.
- In music, a basic chord has three notes. The human voice, unlike any musical instrument(s) or Man-god voice, cannot sing a chord, i.e., "All three parts in unison....a unique blend, a perfect harmonious union".
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