Ponds are frequently human-constructed. In the countryside farmers and villagers dig a pond in their backyard or increase the depth of an existing pond by removing layers of mud during summer season. A wide variety of artificial bodies of water are classified as ponds.
In Act 4, Scene 5, Queen Gertrude has an aside, and she speaks directly to the audience saying âTo my sick soul, as sinâs true nature is, Each toy seems prologue to some great amiss So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spiltâ (17-20).
Confidence votes 4.3K. Dickens was a euphamism for the Devil. So it hurts like the dickens is another way of saying it hurts like the Devil. It's a very old phrase that dates back to Shakespeare's day. Shakespeare used the line  I cannot tell what the dickens his name is in the Merry Wives of Windsor.