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- That phrase ‘a waste of shame’ can mean ‘a wasteland of shame’ (‘waste’ as an area of desolate land), but also ‘shameful waste’, suggesting that the sexual act was not worth the loss of vitality it was believed to incur.
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May 6, 2006 · A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets: Directed by John McKay. With Rupert Graves, Tom Sturridge, Indira Varma, Zoë Wanamaker. A mystery in Shakespeare's sonnets is explored.
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Release. 22 November 2005. ( 2005-11-22) A Waste of Shame (aka A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets) is a 90-minute television drama on the circumstances surrounding William Shakespeare 's composition of his sonnets. It takes its title from the first line of Sonnet 129.
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Summary. ‘ Th’ expense of spirit in a waste of shame’ by William Shakespeare speaks on the physical and emotional power that lust wields. This piece begins with the speaker stating that an “expense of spirit” occurs when one engages in sexual activities, and it is shameful.
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Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme; A bliss in proof and proved, a very woe; Before, a joy proposed; behind, a dream. All this the world well knows; yet none knows well. To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell. Th' expense of spirit in a waste of shame.
The best Sonnet 129: Th' expense of spirit in a waste of shame study guide on the planet. The fastest way to understand the poem's meaning, themes, form, rhyme scheme, meter, and poetic devices.
A Summary and Analysis of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 129. By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) When we reach no. 129 in Shakespeare’s Sonnets (‘The expense of spirit in a waste of shame’), we come across a rarity: two classic sonnets one after the other (we’ll come to Sonnet 130 next week).
At the beginning of the poem, the speaker says that “lust in action”—that is, as it exists at the consummation of the sexual act—is an “expense of spirit in a waste of shame.”
