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Is this correct Shakespearean English? Sounds kind of wrong to me
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Is this correct Shakespearean English?
Sounds kind of wrong to me
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>may you your peace discover

what does this mean?
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>>8037093
May you find peace
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>>8037081
Second person singular present indicative of may can be either mayest or mayst.
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>>8037093
may you discover your peace

are you retarded?
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>>8037081
Yes.
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>>8037103
>>8037110
would using "thine" instead of "thy" be correct as well?
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>>8037107
but I don't have any peace, so how can I discover it if it should already be possessed by me?
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>>8037107
I think what he meant is that it sounds odd. Not like something a native would say.

Or maybe it's just the fact that it shitty poetry that doesn't fucking roll off the tongue at all.
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>>8037126
*autism*
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>>8037129
>falling for the author's intent meme
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>>8037133
>this level of reading comprehension
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>>8037135
>being a faggot
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>>8037139
do tell us about it (in a separate thread)
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>>8037081
>Is this correct Shakespearean English?
Yes
>Is it good Shakespearean English
Not really, no, though I'm sure someone somewhere thinks it the most beautiful writing they've ever seen.
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