Lines from Macbeth: "I have given suck.."

Tom · Mon Sep 11, 2006 5:46 am *Lines from Macbeth: "I have given suck.."*

Hi

Could you please help me understand what lady Macbeth is saying in the following lines?

"I have given suck, and know
How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me."

Tom

Conchita · Mon Sep 11, 2006 11:23 am *Lines from Macbeth: "I have given suck.."*

Put in a less poetic way:

"Having breastfed, I have experienced a tender love for my suckling baby."

Doesn't Shakespeare express it beautifully, though?

Conchita · Mon Sep 11, 2006 11:30 am *Macbeth quote*

I like the version I gave you less and less. How about this one?:

"Having breastfed, I know how tender the love for my suckling baby is."

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