Return to Shakespeare's Sonnet 96 |
1.
wantonness: amorous dalliance.
2.
sport: amorous dalliance.
3.
of more and less: i.e., by persons of all ranks.
4.
that to thee resort: that flock to you.
8.
translated: transformed.
9.
stern: savage.
12.
the strength of all thy state: i.e., the strength of your full glory.
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in such sort/As: in such a way that.
14.
report: reputation. The final couplet also ends Sonnet 36.