Sonnet 138

And age in love, loves not to have years told:
This means...

• DOn't tell how old you really are
• Older people do not like to talk of their age

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Therefore, I lie with her, and she with me,
And in our faults by lies we flattered be.
The means...

• I deceive her, and she deceives me.  We sleep together. Even though we have imperfections we console each other.
• Therefore, we lie to each other.  Then we make love and forget about it.
• We deceive each other and then make fun of each other about it.
• We deceive each other and this makes us happy.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

That she might think me some untutored youth,
Unlearned in the world's false subtleties.
Thus vainly thinking that she thinks me young,
In this passage the word, Untutored youth means

• without a tutor
• immature
• uneducated
• without knowledge

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Thus vainly thinking that she thinks me young,
Although she knows that my days are past the best,
Thus is the same as saying:

• therefore
• that
• this
• thankfully

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Thus vainly thinking that she thinks me young,
Although she knows that my days are past the best,
vainly means:

• to have an excessively high opinion of one's appearances, abilities or worth.
• to have many veins appear on  the body
• to not give much thought
• to overly think about others

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Thus vainly thinking that she thinks me young,
Although she knows that my days are past the best,
The phrase in red means:

• To satisfy my vanity she says I am young
• She thinks I am young
• She thinks I am handsome
• She thinks she is prettier than me

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Seeming trust is the same as an appearance of trusting another when in reality there is no trust, only an appearance of trust.

• true
• false

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The world's false subtleties refers to:

• the cynical tactics which older people use to advance themselves
• subtle lies people tell

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A false-speaking tongue is:

• someone that tells lies
• someone that uses the word false often
• a person that cannot speak
• a Ventriloquist 

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9