I would have sent PM but have a lot of computer chaos at present.
"They also note that during the twenty-year period of Southampton’s life there have been 12 conjunctions of the Sun and Venus which corresponds to the number of kisses Venus extracts from Adonis." There would have been 24 or 5 conjunctions of Venus and the Sun since October 1573, two in each 584 day cycle, one superior, where Venus is on the opposite side of the Sun to the Earth and one inferior, where Venus is on the same side of the Sun as the Earth. Do you have access to the original article? I don't. I hope to publish an article about the poem as and the conjunction of 1593 in the next couple of days.
Line 856 occurs in the 143rd rather than the 144th stanza. From the end of this stanza to the end of the poem are 56 stanzas. I'd love to keep the 89 + 55 = 144 as these are all Fibonacci numbers.
I would have sent PM but have a lot of computer chaos at present.
"They also note that during the twenty-year period of Southampton’s life there have been 12 conjunctions of the Sun and Venus which corresponds to the number of kisses Venus extracts from Adonis." There would have been 24 or 5 conjunctions of Venus and the Sun since October 1573, two in each 584 day cycle, one superior, where Venus is on the opposite side of the Sun to the Earth and one inferior, where Venus is on the same side of the Sun as the Earth. Do you have access to the original article? I don't. I hope to publish an article about the poem as and the conjunction of 1593 in the next couple of days.
Traveling at present but I have the volume at home. Fowler’s work is pretty accessible you might try your local (academic ) library
Line 856 occurs in the 143rd rather than the 144th stanza. From the end of this stanza to the end of the poem are 56 stanzas. I'd love to keep the 89 + 55 = 144 as these are all Fibonacci numbers.