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“unwishèd yoke”
Metaphor
Act 1,
Scene 1
Lines 81-82

An explanation of the phrase “unwishèd yoke” in Act 1, Sene 1 of myShakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Hermia

Unto his lordship, whose unwishèd yoke
My soul consents not to give sovereignty.

Hermia compares a marriage to Demetrius to being one of a pair of oxen harnessed together under a yoke.

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