# Result number

Work The work is either a play, poem, or sonnet. The sonnets are treated as single work with 154 parts.

Character Indicates who said the line. If it's a play or sonnet, the character name is "Poet."

Line Shows where the line falls within the work.

The numbering is not keyed to any copyrighted numbering system found in a volume of collected works (Arden, Oxford, etc.) The numbering starts at the beginning of the work, and does not restart for each scene.

Text The line's full text, with keywords highlighted within it, unless highlighting has been disabled by the user.

1

Taming of the Shrew
[III, 2]

Tranio

1484

He hath some meaning in his mad attire.
We will persuade him, be it possible,
To put on better ere he go to church.

2

Taming of the Shrew
[IV, 4]

Biondello

2238

Faith, nothing; but has left me here behind to expound
the meaning or moral of his signs and tokens.

3

Taming of the Shrew
[V, 2]

Widow

2517

Your husband, being troubled with a shrew,
Measures my husband's sorrow by his woe;
And now you know my meaning.

4

Taming of the Shrew
[V, 2]

Katherina

2520

A very mean meaning.