Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 3 AIL 0228 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"Several" Means Separate
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The idea
Sonnet one hundred and thirty-seven asks "Why should my heart think that a several plot". Several means separate or privately held, as a several plot is enclosed ground. The modern sense of more than one leaves the line without its point, which is exclusive possession.
In practice
A several plot is a private plot.
Where people slip
The word is not counting anything.
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