| Return to Shakespeare's Sonnet 138 |
1. truth: fidelity, constancy.
2. she lies: she tells falsehoods. | she has sex with others.
3. untutor'd: uneducated, not wise to the ways of the world.
6. my days are past the best: i.e. I am past my prime.
7. simply: without a second thought. | like a simpleton.
8. simple: pure, obvious.
9. unjust: untrue, crooked.
11. habit: habitual deportment. | usual clothing, as in a "nun's habit."
12. told: talked about. | counted.
13. lie with: lie to. | have sex with.