Bob,
Thanks for coming back to this. The trouble is, as it's a sonnet I was going for more of a turn with the sestet, rather than have the denouement in the final couplet.
Regarding "really" seeming like filler: I don't know if it's more of a Brit thing, but in everyday speech we frequently say things like "He/she/it really makes me angry", "I really love your shoes", etc. I guess we really say "really" a lot!
Sam,
My dictionary says of "personage"
a person (used to express importance or elevated status).
"it was no less a personage than the bishop"
Similar:
important person
VIP, luminary, celebrity, celebutante, personality
I would argue that Princess Diana is better described as a personage than as a "onetime Royal"; that phrase could be used of so many other more mundane members of the "Firm", as they're known colloquially. Whilst I wasn't a massive fan of hers, it can't be denied that Diana was most certainly of elevated status!
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