NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Please rewrite it into plain English: Is my try on the right track?
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
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My try:
Nothing of him has really faded, but he has really gone through a great change - he's become wealthy (both in knowledge and money) and unusual.
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
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My try:
Nothing of him has really faded, but he has really gone through a great change - he's become wealthy (both in knowledge and money) and unusual.
Top answer
Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell. The parts of his body that did not decay (eg.
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Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell.
The parts of his body that did not decay (eg. his flesh) were transformed into precious and strange materials.
His bones became cora
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell.
The parts of his body that did not decay (eg. his flesh) were transformed into precious and strange materials.
His bones became cora
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