...shaped for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass : I, that am rudely stampt, and want love's majesty To strut before a wanton ambling...fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up —...

...now,—instead of mounting barbed steeds, To fright the souls of fearful adversaries,— He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber, To the lascivious pleasing...fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unflnish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And...

...now, — instead of mounting barbed steeds, To fright the souls of fearful adversaries, — He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber, To the lascivious pleasing...that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature1 by dissembling2 nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world,...

...shap'd for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an am'rous looking-glass ; I, that am rudely stampt, and want love's majesty To strut before a wanton,...fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unflnish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And...

...now, — instead of mounting barbed3 steeds, To fright the souls of fearful adversaries, — He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber, To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. But I, — that am not shaped for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass ; I, that am rudely stamped,...

...adversaries, — He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber, To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. But I,— Uiat am not shap'd for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass ; I, that am rudely slamp'd, and want love's majesty, To strut before it wanton ambling nymph ; I, that am curtail'd of...

...shap'd for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an am'rous looking: glass, I, that am rudely stampt, and want love's majesty, To strut before a wanton,...fair proportion. Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And...

...now, — instead of mounting barbed3 steeds, To fright the souls of fearful adversaries, — He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber, To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. But I, — that am not shaped for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass ; I, that am rudely stamped,...

...front; And now, instead of mounting barbed steeds, To fright the souls of fearful adversaries, He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber To the lascivious pleasing...for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking glass; I, that am rudely stamp'd, and want love's majesty To strut before a wanton ambling...

...world of the play. In contrast to this distinctive rhetoric the next group of lines (beginning with "But I, that am not shap'd for sportive tricks / Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass" [14-27]) serves to identify Richard as a character in the play; here enjambed, imbalanced, caesura-punctuated,...