SHAKSPER 1991: Q: Sonnet 166 & Astral Navigation?
From: Ken Steele (ksteele@epas.utoronto.ca)
Date: 12/20/91
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Shakespeare Electronic Conference, Vol. 2, No. 331. Friday, 20 Dec 1991.
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 91 16:26:50 PST
From: Geoffrey.Hargreaves@cc.sfu.ca
Subject: Sonnet 116
Is there a definitive (or even confident) interpretation of the lines
in Sonnet 116:
It is the star to every wandering bark
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken ?
Is the metaphor fractured? That is to say, you can take the height of
a star, if you have a problem navigating, but no mariner has ever considered
the worth of stars.
--Geoff Hargreaves
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