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A Short Analysis of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 23: ‘As an unperfect actor on the stage’ | Interesting Literature
A reading of a Shakespeare sonnet ‘As an unperfect actor on the stage’, the opening line of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 23, introduces one of Shakespeare’s favourite analogies – the theatrical metaphor – into the Sonnets.
https://interestingliterature.com/2017/01/30/a-short-analysis-of-shakespeares-sonnet-23-as-an-unperfect-actor-on-the-stage/
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Summary and Analysis Sonnet 23 - CliffsNotes
Summary: Most of Sonnet 23 compares the poet's role as a lover to an actor's timidity onstage. The image of the poor theatrical player nervously missing his lines is the first indication that the poet doubts whether his love for the young man is requited.
https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/s/shakespeares-sonnets/summary-and-analysis/sonnet-23
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Sonnet 23: As an Unperfect Actor on the Stage - YouTube
Sonnet 23 by Shakespeare. Read by Jamie Muffett.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLI276Qm5X8
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Shakespeare Sonnet 23 - As an Unperfect Actor on the Stage
The text of Shakespeare sonnet 23 with critical notes and analysis. An allusion to acting is found. Eyes revealing the heart is a motif.
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/23.html
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No Fear Shakespeare: Sonnet 23 - SparkNotes
As an unperfect actor on the stage,
Who with his fear is put besides his part,
Or some fierce thing replete with too much rage,
Whose strength’s abundance weakens his own heart.
http://nfs.sparknotes.com/sonnets/sonnet_23.html
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Sonnet XXIII - Shakespeare's Sonnets
As an unperfect actor on the stage,
Who with his fear is put beside his part,
Or some fierce thing replete with too much rage,
Whose strength's abundance weakens his own heart.
http://www.shakespeares-sonnets.com/sonnet/23
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Analysis of William Shakespeare's Sonnet #23 "As an Unperfect Actor On the Stage
In the first quatrain, the speaker first likens himself to an actor who follows a carefully crafted script, and then the speaker becomes "some fierce thing," which lets its desires run amuck.
http://www.easylitnotes.com/2014/07/shakespeare-sonnet-23.html
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Sonnet 23 - Wikipedia
Sonnet 23 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare, and is a part of the Fair Youth sequence.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonnet_23
