humanities.lit.authors.shakespeare

On Mar 17, 3:03=EF=BF=BDam, "Alan Jones" wrote:
> The natural sense of "begetter" would seem to be "inspirer".

MM:
A male parent could be many things. "Owner," for example.

> The poet is the
> "mother" who conceives and brings forth the poem, but its seed was planted=

> by someone else, Mr W.H. =EF=BF=BD

MM:
If you want to call William Shakespeare a "mother," I suppose it's
your prerogative. I'd prefer to recognize his male sex and call him
"father." He was the old father, but Mr. W. H. became the new father.

> He may be the subject of the poem (though that
> does stretch the "begetter" metaphor) or more likely the person who
> suggested an idea or theme.

MM:
You mean all the sonnets? There were many subjects in them. Mr. W.
H. became the owner of the sonnets, written by William Shakespear of
Ye Old Stratford on Avon.

> Alan Jones

Michael Martin