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Unread 04-16-2011, 10:58 AM
Lance Levens Lance Levens is offline
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The last line is so crucial to a sonnet--I'd drop the "off", but British idiom(it's obvious it's not an American) may not permit it. An American may say "freeze your ass" although "off" is often added. The exquisite pause at the caesura--without the "off"--would make what follows sweeter.
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