Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak whispers the o'er-fraught heart and bids it break.
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Silence is not always strength. Some grief needs language before it can loosen its hold.
The line is important because it gives resilience a humane form. Endurance is not pretending pain is absent. It is letting sorrow be spoken so it does not turn inward and harden.
Shakespeare remains psychologically sharp here. What is unvoiced often does its deepest damage in secret.
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