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my mistress eyes are nothing like the sun; coral is far more red, than her lips red: if snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; if hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. i have seen roses damaskd, red and white, but no such roses see i in her cheeks; —\sonnet 130,\ william shakespeare use context to identify the meanings of the words underlined in the poem. dun: dull colored damaskd: deceased growing streaked
In the context of the poem, "damask'd" describes the pattern of roses which are red and white, suggesting a streaked - like appearance. It is not related to the concepts of "deceased" or "growing".
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