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Could anybody give me a hand with the morpho-syntactic parsing of the following lines from Shakespeare?
From fairest creatures we desire increase,
That thereby beauty’s rose might never die,
But as the riper should by time decease,
His tender heir might bear his memory:
My contemporary interpretation:
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We hope for more beautiful things
So in that way the height of beauty remains alive forever.
Although he who matures must eventually die,
His own child would perhaps share a similar beauty.
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From fairest creatures we desire increase
--We hope (desire) for more (increase) beautiful things (from fairest creatures)
That thereby beauty’s rose might never die
--So in that way (thereby) the height of beauty (the rose) remains alive forever (might never die)
But as the riper should by time decease
--Although he who matures (the riper) must eventually die (should by time decease),
His tender heir might bear his memory.
--His own child (tender heir) would perhaps (might) share of similar beauty (bear his memory).
