Mahanty’s granular analysis provides a useful academic roadmap but risks reducing Shakespeare’s profound existential dread to a mere checklist of literary devices. It is a classic case of scholarly rigor over-explaining the sublime until its mystery is entirely extinguished.
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Sonnet 64 in English(Word by Word) Explanation by Rakesh Mahanty本站添加:
Welcome to Rakkesh Monty English classes. We conduct online and offline classes for the following schemes. You can call in you can call on this number but maintain this time or otherwise send me text message via WhatsApp for further inquiries. Without any further delay let's start to read William 6's popular sonnet sonet 64 the title of which is when I have seen by times fail hand defaced. I told you that the first line of a sonnet is generally treated as the title of a sonnet. So the title of sonnet 64 is when I have seen by times fill handy. This is a sonnet that again establishes that nothing is more powerful than time. This is a sonnet that again establishes the point that human achievements on this planet are nothing. Human achievements on this planet are big zero. Yes or no? The poet is extremely thoughtful. The poet is meditative. The poet is contemplative.
Do you know why? Because the poet understands that his prince's beauty is equally going to be vested away by the mighty force of time. And it has made the poet extremely thoughtful. It has made the poet extremely fearful. This sonnet is almost similar, you know, to the very next sonnet, sonet 65, you know, the title of which is since brass nor stone nor earth nor boundless sea, but sad mortality oversoes their power.
In the sonnet sonet 65 the poet establishes that how time is really powerful. How time is the conqueror.
Time is a runner whose fate nobody can stop. Time is a mighty monorer whose subject is whatever we can see on this beautiful planet. Who uh time is such a mighty demon who is going to almost you know destroy everything. Boys and girls this sonnet sonet 64 when I have seen by times fell hand defy this sonet is not an exception.
This is you know a proverbial or this is customary to tell the rhyme scheme of Shakespearean sonnet in the introductory area before analyzing the text of a set.
Here I'm again going to say that a b c d e f ef double g I repeat ab cd c efg this is the rhyme scheme of a sex parent. AVAB is the rhyme scheme of the first quadrant of an of us experience on it. CDC is the rhyme scheme of the second quadrant of US experience on it.
EAVF is the rhyme scheme of the third quadrant of us experience on it. And GG the most important yes this is the rhyme scheme of the concluding couplet. This is the rhyme scheme of the concluding couplet. Am I clear to everybody? Yes or no? Now you need to understand that structurally a sex parent is different.
Structurally a sex parent is different from a petroarchan sonet. So also thematically. Now this sonnet it's a reflective sonnet. It's a descriptive sonnet. It's a sonnet that emphasizes on the poet's profound thoughts of profound thoughts of mortality as well as the melancholy idea that was prevalent in the poet's mind because of the mighty force of time because of the mighty power of time. Without any further delay, let's start to read this the text of the sonet. The first line when it means at a certain point of time or once upon a time or it is something that I regularly witness. The poet says that I am a witness. I'm a witness. I can see many things. So I have seen I have seen what? So the poet has seen something.
The poet has seen that time's hand is fail.
Here time is personified.
It's a case of personification boys and girls. It's a case of personification.
Time is an abstract idea. And now time is personified. Yes or no? So it's a case of personification. And that is why you can see this capital letter. So time is personified. And time is supposed to have hands. Now his hands are called fail.
What is meant by the word fail? The word fail means cruel. The word fail means lethal. The word fail means deadly. Yes or no? So if you want an easy meaning then write down this word deadly. So time's hands are called fail. That means time's hands are called deadly. And this deadly hand of time is going to deface.
Here deface means ruin. Here deface means destroy. I repeat here defense means to ruin here defense means to destroy. So time's hand is fell and time's hand is going to destroy or time's hand has already destroyed and it is something that the poet has already seen. It is something that the speaker has already witnessed. So times fail hand times terrible hand has destroyed.
Destroyed what? Destroyed reach proud cost. Reach proud cost here. Reach proud cost means the valuable creations.
Excuse me. It means what? It means the valuable creations. You know the valuable creations where you have to spend a lot of money. You have to spend a lot of money. Yes or no? And the valuable creations that can make you feel extremely proud that after all I have made it. I have built it. Right or wrong? So human achievements are something that occasionally or human achievements are something that very frequently you know make the human beings feel extremely proud of their creations. Yes or no? And that is why this particular expression reach proud cost is used at the first part of line number two. So the poet sees the poet sees the poet sees what? The poet sees the poet sees that the valuable creations the valuable creations are defested. Please connect please connect the verb defested after this subject.
The rich proud cost. Now the rich proud cost are defested. Say with me the rich proud cost are defaced. Defest by what?
defaced by the fail hand. Fail hand of whom? Fail hand of time. It is seen by whom? It is seen by the poet. So the poet is like what? So the poet is like a witness. So the poet is like a witness.
He had seen that how the rich proud cost. The rich proud cost means the valuable creations of mankind are defested. Are defested. Defest by whom?
defaced by the fail hand. Fail hand means the cruel, the lethal or the deadly hands of whom? Deadly hands of time. And these are the reach proud cost of arage. Boys and girls this is an important expression. This is an important expression. Now one simple thing I just want to let you know before explaining the last part of line number two and what is the point that I just want to let you know that this expression outward variage this expression is used in line number two only to indicate the valuable creation.
Now you may ask me sir how? Listen these are the valuable creations of the past age. Bar age means past age.
These are the valuable creations of past age. Yes or no? These are the valuable creations of past civilization. Am I clear to everybody? These are the rich proud cost of bar age. Parid age means past age or past civilization. And now whenever we will go to discuss about past age, we need to know past age is no longer shining. Past age is no longer shining. It is no longer glittering. It is no longer attractive. It is called out to earn. That means faded by time.
It means what? It means faded by time.
So what is called out to earn? Excuse me. What is called outward? The buried age is called outward. Here out means faded by time. If you uh ask me give me a simple meaning of the word outworn then I will say old. So it means old buried age. It means old pastage. It means old pastage. So the reach proud cost. Reach proud cost. That means the valuable creations of old pastage are defaced. Defest means ruined or destroyed. Destroyed by what? Destroyed by fail hand. Fail hand means the lethal or the deadly hands. Deadly hands of whom? Deadly hands of time. And it is seen by whom? It is seen by whom? It is seen by the poet. It is seen by the speaker.
Let's go to read the third line of the first quadrant. Let's go to read the third line of the first quadrant. In the third line of the first quarter and boys and girls without any further delay I just want to let you know that here the poet is again emphasizes here the poet is again emphasizing here the poet emphasizes on the idea how the lofty towers how the tall towers how the majestic buildings how the great monuments yes or no these monuments are going to be destroyed these monuments are not going to last long these These monuments are not going to last long. These monuments are going to be destroyed. So sometime sometime means once it means formerly it means formerly. So he has again seen.
The poet says that he has again seen.
So he had seen what? If you ask me to write it down then I request everybody that please write it down. The meaning of line one and line two. In the line one, the poet says, the poet says that he has witnessed how cruel time destroys everything.
How cruel time destroys everything. In line number two, the poet says that he has seen the grand achievements.
He had seen the grand achievements of the past. He had seen the grand achievements of the past now ruined. Now ruined and buried in history.
right or wrong.
So the poet says that he has witnessed how cruel time destroys everything. He had seen the grand achievements of the past now ruined and buried in history.
These are the two lines.
Line number three, he has also seen the lofty towers.
The lofty towers means the tall majestic buildings.
Boys and girls, write it down. Lofty towers means lofty tower means lopy towers means the tall and the majestic buildings. I repeat, the tall and the majestic.
The tall and the majestic buildings.
These are called lofty towers. These are called lofty towers. Yes or no? So sometimes I see the lofty towers that means the tall buildings the majestic buildings and these buildings are downraised.
These buildings are downraised.
Okay. The expression downraised you understood what is the what is going to be its meaning? destroyed or demolished.
Destroyed or demolished. So what is the meaning of the line? He had seen that the great towers are now completely destroyed. He had seen that the great towers, the tall buildings are completely destroyed are absolutely destroyed now. And brass you know brass is a very strong metal. What is brass?
It's a very strong metal. It's a very strong metal.
It's a very strong metal. Such a metal people assume that it's not going to be broken. Such a metal people assume that it's not going to be destroyed. Such a metal is called, you know, a brass. Such a metal is called, you know, a brass.
Okay. So here brass means here brass means here brass refers to refers to the objects made of brass. Am I right or wrong here?
Brass refers to the objects made of brass.
And these brass made objects are eternal slave.
Who are the slave? Now if there comes the question of slavery, you need to understand that there must be a master.
A slave is like a servant. A slave is like a servant. Yes or no? So who is the slave? Who is the slave? Or who are the slaves? The brassmade objects.
The brassmade objects are like the slaves. Yes or no? They are like the slaves. Now if the brassmade objects are like the slaves you know a slave is completely ruled by a slave's movement is completely dominated by a master's will. Now you we need to understand who is the master here. Here master refers to the mortal rage.
Here master refers to the mortal rage.
And what is meant by the expression mortal rage? Here rage means anger. It means the angry power of mortality.
Angry power of mortality.
What is meant by the word mortality? The word mortality on the other hand is the inevitability of death. Here mortality means the inevitability of death. You know all the human beings are mortal. So mighty excuse me mortal rage mortal rage means the mighty rage of time the angry power of mortality the inevitability of death.
So this particular expression mortal rage it also implies the power of time because death is something that is the that generally comes as a result of the slow or the quick movement of time. Some people die early, some people die late.
So we understand that everything is the consequence of the time bound world.
Right? So brass it means what? The objects which are made of brass. These brazen objects you know the adjective form of brass is brazen. So the brazen objects they are the eternal slave to mortal rage. So mortal rage means what? Mortal rage again it means the destructive power of time. The destructive power of time. So the poet repeatedly tries to intensify one thing and what is that thing? Nothing is going to permanent.
Nothing is going to be permanent.
Everything on this planet is going to be destroyed. Everything on this planet is going to be decayed. Yes or no? So the poet So that's how we completed the first quadrant of the sonnet. And what is the meaning of the first quarter of the sonnet? The poet had seen that how times creal hands are capable of destroying the majestic or the tall buildings you know built by the kings of the past generation the kings of the past civilization. But the poet had seen how all those tall buildings, how all those almighty and the majestic buildings are completely you know worn out or completely broken or demolished by the mighty power of time. In the very next line the poet again says you know the same kind of thing that the lofty towers are destroyed. In the very next line, the poet is again going to say that the brazen objects that means the objects which are made of brass, these brazen objects are going to be destroyed. Because sometimes people assume that bronen objects are some things that going to last long. But we understand that no the bron objects are not going to last long. The bron objects are also going to be destroyed. The bron objects are also going to be fed. Yes or no? Now read the very next line.
I have seen the hungry ocean gain. It's an important line. Hungry ocean. Hungry ocean.
Uh before explaining hungry ocean, let me tell you a story. Once upon a time, the Roman kings, more particularly the kings of the Caesar family, they built many tall and the majestic buildings on the seaore. More particularly on the coastal area of the Mediterranean on the on the coastal area on area of the Mediterranean ocean. But due to the changes of the water of the sea level, believe me, these tall buildings are now submerged inside the water or these buildings are found under the water. So what does it mean? It means that sea is continuously going to eat away the mainland. The level of sea is increasing and water is going to drown. Yes or no? And there are also some areas where uh the predominance of land is seen over water.
That is also we come across. Now let's start to read the line. I hope that you can remember what I tell to explain this line. I have seen that means the poet has again seen the hungry ocean.
The hungry ocean. Yes or no? Exactly.
Ocean is full of water but it's extremely hungry. It's extremely hungry.
It's extremely thirsty. So hungry ocean.
Hungry ocean. It means ocean or sea that seems to consume the piece of land. Consume the piece of land or you can say that seems to consume the land.
Yes or no? So what is meant by this expression? Hungry ocean. Here hungry ocean means ocean or sea that seems to consume the piece of land or that seems to consume the land. So the poets had seen so the poet had seen the sea swallowing the poet had seen the sea swallowing the parts of the land.
the parts of the land. Am I clear to everybody?
The poet had seen the sea swallowing the parts of the land. Right? So here we again understand that even the even a piece of land is not going to be permanent. A piece of land can equally be swallowed you know by water by by the continuous by the everinccreasing level of water. I told you that how many many coastal areas many coastal areas in course of time have been delivered by the ever rising you know level of sea or ever rising level of water. Now please let's go to the next line advantage on the kingdom of the sore.
That means advantage on the kingdom of the sore. Here advantage means what? It means control.
It means upper hand.
Please write it down. Advantage means control. Advantage means upper hand.
Kingdom of the sore. It means the land near the sea. It means the land near the sea.
I repeat here. Sore means what? I mean kingdom of the soore means what? The phrase kingdom of the soore means the land near the sea. So hungry ocean is going to hungry ocean is going to take advantage.
The hungry ocean is going to take advantage on the kingdom of the sore.
That means the sea sometimes wins over the land. I repeat it means what? The sea sometimes.
The sea sometimes winds over the land. The sea completely eroding it. All right? You know eroding simply means the eacing of the eacing of the land. Right? So the sea sometimes winds over the land. This is the meaning of this line. So advantage on the kingdom of the soul and the farm soil win of the water remain at other times. Now if sometimes you see that the sea is winning over the land then sometimes you can equally see that the land is winning over the water.
What I meant to say if sometimes you see that the sea is winning over the land, the sea is literally eroding the piece of land, then sometimes you can equally see that the water is winning over the land. I mean the land is winning over the water. Money initially it is the sea that is winning over the land and sometimes also we see at other times we can equally see the land is winning over the sea. Yes or no? So line number seven. So line number seven and the farm soil. This is line number seven. And the farm soil. Farm soil means the hard soil. It means the solid piece of land.
Farm soil. It means the solid piece of land. It means what? It means the solid piece of land. So the farm soil win. So the farm soil win. Here again win means you know gain.
Here wind means what? Here win means uh what I say predominant predominant right or only dominant so far soil win of the water remain here watery main means here watery main means the sea it means the sea the water body. So what does what is the meaning of this line?
At other times at other times the land gains back from the sea. That means the land wins over. That means the land wins over the water or the land wins over the sea.
So the sea sometimes wins over the land.
For the last time the sea sometimes wins over the land. At other times the land wins over the sea. The land wins over the sea. And it it is what we technically call that the land wins over the sea or the land gains back from the sea. The land gains back from the sea.
The comeback story of the land is the comeback story of the land. Right?
And this is an important line but this important line is very easy.
This is an important line but this important line is very easy.
increasing store with loss.
Increasing store with loss and loss with store.
Excuse me. We just want to explain this line in detail. We want to explain this line in detail. And for the sake of it, we write this line again here.
increasing store with loss and loss with store. Listen to me.
Increasing.
Increasing means you know growing or becoming greater.
Growing or becoming greater. Right?
Now try to understand these two fundamental expressions. Store with loss and loss with store. This like kayasmas.
Store with loss and loss with store. Now try to understand in earlier lines the poet describes how the poet describes how the poet describes the two things. The first one, the sea.
It's into the land, right?
The sea its into the land. So this is the victory of the sea and this is the defeat of the land. Right? This is the victory of the sea and this is the defeat of the land. So this is the case of the loss of this is the case of the loss of the land.
So what I say that in earlier lines the poet describes two things. The first one is the sea into the land. Here I here I tell here I say that this line emphasizes the loss of the land. And then then the land gains back the land the land gains back from the sea. the land gains back from the sea. So this is the this is the victory of the land.
This is the victory of the land. Right?
So if in this first parameter we come across the victory of the sea and the defeat of the land.
Then in this second parameter in this second unit we come across the victory of the land and the defeat of the sea. So one side's gain you know comes from another side's loss.
So one side's loss results in another's gain. Yes or no?
Suppose X and Y are fighting.
If X wins then the victory of X is the outcome of the defeat of Y alternatively.
So we can call we can call one sides gain.
Understood? One side's gain comes from another's loss.
One side's gain comes from another's loss.
And once I mean sorry and one sides loss results in results in another's gain.
I request everybody please write this line.
One side's gain comes from another's loss and one side's loss results in another's gain.
So if we technically explain these lines, we understand here is a cycle of exchange.
Here is a cycle of exchange, you know, interchange of state.
And this particular expression it will be it will be required in the very next line interchange of state.
And here with the help of this flowchart we will explain not only this particular line but also we will explain the very important expression of the last part of the line that is interchange of state. So cycle of exchange what does it mean? It means when the sea advances right the level of sea is increasing the level of sea is increasing we can call this is the advancement of the sea.
So when the sea advances, the land is destroyed. As simple as that. The land is destroyed.
Write it down. Everything whatever I'm going to write it down on the board, I request everybody please write it down on your notebook. So when the sea advances, the land is destroyed. So this is the loss of the land.
Right or wrong, this is the loss of the land. Now go to the next point.
When the sea gains territory.
When the sea gains territory.
When the sea gains territory, that is what? That is the loss of the land. But the land is not going to be defeated for a long time.
When the land reclaims space reclaims space, so the land equally wants to have some space. The land is going to be defeated, but the land wants to have some space. So when the land reclaims space, who retreats? The sea retreats. Retreats means goes back. So when the land reclaims space the sea retreats that means the sea goes back and it is what it is the loss for the sea. It is what?
It is the loss for the sea. So now here increasing store with loss and increasing loss with store.
So growth happens because something else is lost.
So increasing store with loss and loss with store. So fast who is increasing the store? Who is increasing the store? The level of water is increasing the store.
Who is increasing the store? The level of water is increasing the store. And that encouragement is possible. It's because who has been lost? Yes or no?
Because who has been you know defeated?
The piece of land was defeated. The seaur was defeated. So first comes the victory of water and then comes the victory of the land. So the poet says that he had seen this interchange of state. He had seen you know what he had seen this interchange of state.
Interchange of state means you know the continuous change or the continuous shifting of condition where things exchange their positions where things exchange their status you know nothing is going to be permanent even if it is water now it's going to be it's going to be uh you know what I say it's going to be defeated by the power of the land even if it is land now it is going to be defeated by the power of the water so A water body can be seen as a land as a piece of land after 2 or 3 years or after 20 30 years or even a piece of a land that can be submerged by water. So the land can be eroded and sometimes sometimes the sea can equally be lost by the power of the land. You know this is this is called the interchange of state.
So it's an important expression interchange of state.
The phrase interchange of state means the phrase interchange of state.
The phrase interchange of state means the continuous change.
It means the continuous change or sifting of conditions.
Sifting of conditions.
Where things interchange.
Where things interchange their position or status.
Where things interchange their positions or status. Right? So the sea gaining land and then the land gaining back from the sea. the sea gaining land and then the land gaining back from the sea. So it shows a back and forth transformation.
It means a continuous sifting of power.
It means a continuous sifting of position. It means a continuous sifting of condition. Nothing is permanent.
Nothing is permanent. Yes or no?
Everything everything uh is a matter of constant change.
change is the only reality.
So I have seen this interchange of state or I have seen a state itself confounded to decay or sometimes I have seen such a state.
State state means condition or sometimes I have seen a state. I have seen a condition.
I have seen a state. I have seen a condition. And what is the condition that everything is going to be confounded?
Confounded means destroyed.
Confounded means ruined.
I repeat, confounded means ruined.
Confounded means destroyed.
And decay means decline.
Decay means decline. Decay means destruction.
So sometimes this is line number 10.
This is line number 10. And in line number 10 we come across sometimes everything falls into everything falls into decay and ruin completely.
Everything falls into decay and ruin completely. Right?
Now let's go to the next line. Ruin hatch. So ruin means the power of time.
I mean better to say destruction and destruction is the result of the power of time. Right? So ruin means the destruction.
Ruin means the destruction symbolically you know the power of time. So ruin has taught me you know it has taught me. So it has you know instructed me.
It has instructed me to ruminate. Here ruminate means to think deeply.
Here ruminate means to think deeply.
I repeat what is meant by the word ruminate. Here ruminate means to think deeply.
So when the poet sees such large scale atrocities caused by the mighty power of time.
When the poet had seen the massive scale destruction, when the poet had seen the massive scale scale destruction, the poet has become thoughtful.
The poet has become meditative. The poet has become contemplative.
So ruin has taught me to ruminate.
That means the destruction has taught me to think deeply.
And what has what has made the poet thoughtful? The power of time. The destructive power of time.
And what has the poet started to think that time will come and take take my love away.
It means future is inevitable. He realizes that time will one day take away his beloved friend.
Time will come and time will take away his beloved friend. And that is the reality.
He has understood that reality that time will come and time will take away his beloved.
And this thought, oh my god, this thought is like a death. This is an important line. Who thought, boys and girls, who thought the thought of losing his beloved friend?
The thought of losing his beloved friend.
The thought of losing his beloved friend. This thought is like death.
This thought is like death. So this thought feels as painful as death itself.
The thought that my beloved will be taken away by time. The thought that my beloved is not going to stay here.
The thought that time is so forceful, time is so mighty that it's going to take take away my beloved friend. So this thought it's like a death. It's like a death. And this thought is something which I cannot choose. That means this thought is unavoidable.
Excuse me.
This thought is unavoidable.
I cannot choose. He cannot choose. That means he cannot avoid this thought. He can't avoid this thought.
He can't avoid this thought. So this thought feels as painful as death itself. And he cannot avoid this thought.
And the most important line, but to weave to have that which it fears to lose.
Now the poet says that he must cry.
The poet says that he must cry.
I just want to weep.
I just want to weep because I'm afraid of losing.
It fears to lose. That means the poet is afraid to lose. The speaker is afraid to lose. So what is the meaning of the last line?
In the last line he says he must cry.
He must cry because he loves he loves something he knows he will lose.
Yes or no? He loves something which he knows he will lose. But still he's in love. He's in love with his friend.
He's in love with his friend. But he knows very well that he's going to lose his friend. So I'm weeping.
To have that which it fears to lose. To have that that means I have that that means my friend is still with me.
My friend is still with me. My friend's beauty is still with him. I'm an admirer. I'm an infatuated admirer of my friend's beauty.
So I am still fortunate enough to get my friend's love. But the problem is that I know I am going to lose the beauty of my friend. I'm going to lose my friend. Yes or no? So he must cry because he loves something he knows he will lose. So the sonnet the overall theme of the sonnet the sonnet shows how time destroys everything. Time destroys nature. Time destroys human civilization. Time destroys human creation. Time destroys even love.
Thank you so much. See you in next video. Till then stay safe. Goodbye.
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