Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 3 AIL 0231 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"Fond" Means Foolish
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The idea
Sonnet three asks "Or who is he so fond will be the tomb Of his self-love". Fond means foolish or doting, not affectionate. The line accuses, and the modern sense of tender would make the question admiring instead of a rebuke, which reverses the poem's argument.
In practice
Fond is foolish here.
Where people slip
Affection reverses the accusation.
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