The Dark Lady

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In iambic pentameter, each line contains five sets of two beats, known as metrical feet. The first is unstressed, and the second is stressed. It sounds something like da-DUM, da-DUM. The fifth line is a particularly good example of the pattern. The poem can also be divided into three sets of four lines and a final two-line couplet. The fourth line is a particularly good example of iambic pentameter. Holland, Peter (23 September 2004). "Shakespeare, William (1564–1616)". ODNB. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (onlineed.). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/25200. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

I expected a full fantasy going on here but instead found a magical historical tale that was realistic and other-worldy at the same time. Cook, Judith (2001). Dr Simon Forman: a most notorious physician. London: Chatto & Windus. p.101. ISBN 978-0701168995. I also thought the poems were very iffy, but then again they are just meant to be the musings of a 15 year old? The duke realised that Henry has a gift. So now Henry is a prisoner with extraordinary gifts. He’s been tested on how his gift works, then he is brought to a room with men and they get him to show everyone his gift, Henry’s gift is that he can write out any book that is handed to him.a b Matz, Robert (2008). The World of Shakespeare's Sonnets: An Introduction. p.111. ISBN 978-0-7864-3219-6. The book follows a fifteen year old orphan named Henry living in Tudor England. His father an unknown and his mother having left him as a small child, he has grown up with a woman named Joan, her sister, and her sister's two children, Matthew and Mary. He spends his days in petty thievery, trying to scrounge together enough money for food and necessities. He also has a magical gift that allows him to translate texts in any language. Salkeld, Duncan (2012). "Shakespeares, the Clerkenwell Madam and Rose Flower". Shakespeare among the courtesans: prostitution, literature, and drama, 1500–1650. Farnham, England: Ashgate. ISBN 9780754663874. Jacqueline Field was the French-born wife of Shakespeare's friend and publisher Richard Field. The "not impeccable" reasoning provided by Charlotte Carmichael Stopes, a lecturer in literary history, to justify the claim does not form a strong case, comprising little more than: “as a Frenchwoman…she would have had dark eyes, a sallow complexion and that indefinable charm", thus matching the character in the sonnets. [27] [28] Jennet Davenant [ edit ] The plot was…. Two plots? There were story lines that didn’t mesh well and seemed to be throwing Shakespeare shade at each other throughout the whole book. They didn’t work well together and kinda ruined it.

In the diaries, Emilia is described as the mistress of Lord Hunsdon, the Queen's Lord Chamberlain. She seemed to have similar qualities to ones of the Dark Lady. For example, Emilia was so attractive to men that during the years of being Hunsdon's mistress, she may have been viewed as a prostitute. [ clarification needed] She might have been a musician, because she was a member of the Bassano family, which was famous for providing the music to entertain the Courts of Elizabeth I and James I. They were Italians, and the Dark Lady may have been of Mediterranean descent. [2] Like another reviewer pointed out, the whole Shakespeare thing, and Henry's poetry, feel incredibly contrived and work poorly within the bounds of the story. Henry looses his temper with mathew and punches him, after the fight he travels to Graham’s needle making shop.

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More about the dominant medical system of the 16th century, and how Shakespeare used it in his work. The book is, I am sorry to say, incredibly poorly written. Occasionally, Akala has some truly beautiful descriptive passages (these seem to be his forte), but apart from these limited paragraphs, the writing is awkward, repetitive, and contrived. Additionally, the linguistic quality of the writing is frequently rather poor. There are errors in syntax, incorrect word useage, awkward sentence structures, dangling modifiers, and the list goes on. The story of Henry's mother, which we are told in very brief snippets in between the regular chapters, is possibly the most interesting part of the book, and should have had more focus. The main character's thought process and self-reflection was great, superb depth of complicated emotions displayed and felt.