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Ok so i had this assignment for english and i thought i was going to do REALLY well on it..but i didnt..i actually did really bad and i dont kno y...we had to pick a good poem and then analyze it..which i did...but i guess didnt do well..my other english teacher even read it and said it was good...but i did really bad..please read it and comment please!!
the poem is first followed by the analysis...
Shakespeare Love Sonnet #116
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
Many people perceive love to be a desolate emotion, becoming more obsolete in modern day due to the rise of materialism becoming our obsession. The modern day portrait of love has been painted to be a fickle emotion that comes when it may be needed, and goes when it may not be. Shakespeare shines light onto this portrait from a different angle where love is a pure part and important part of life, for without it, one cannot have life. Shakespeare's love and understanding for love is what connected me to his sonnet.
The first line, “let me not”, Shakespeare is trying to block himself, to not take falling in love lightly. In doing so, one would be stupid because to fall in love is a great thing. To fall in love is to enter in to a relationship which should be based on trust, understanding, a little bit of jealousy, and of course compassion for each other. For the second line, “Marriage of true minds Admit impediments”, when you find your soul mate or the love of your life, everything about you and your counterpart connects, the marriage symbolises the understanding to further each other together while you learn about life. Most people reach the point where you love a person so much you make the transition to transform together into one being which is what Marriage does. Even though marriage is a great wonderful thing it is also an overwhelming experience to go through. The easier part is falling in love, but the hardest part is to stay in love. Even though you love a person, sometimes it is hard to say how you feel or express certain things even though you love the other person. “Which alters when it alteration finds, or bends with the remover to remove”, this is explaining how love works, it is always with you. When you truly love somebody than you cannot just throw away those feelings; they will always be with you. Even if something happens with the relationship, that feeling and emotion of love cannot be broken, it will always somehow survive anything that life throws its way. “An ever-fixed mark, That looks on tempests and is never shaken” means that love will always be there. It is a mark that will never go away even if you would like it too. Like a birthmark, it is always on you it will never go away, Permanence. Love is visible to the naked eye, yet is never shaken because it is such a strong emotion and feeling. “It is the star to every wandering bark, Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken” means that love is and it’s worth is unknown and will never fully be known and it cannot be fully understood, even thought we as a society and people have somewhat of an understanding on the meaning, feeling, and emotions of love. “Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks, Within his bending sickle's compass come: Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom.” These lines are basically stating that whatever love goes through it will always be there “even to the edge of doom”. Time can pass and pass yet love will still be there, you can go anywhere and be anywhere and love will be there will you too. Love cannot alter in weeks or hours since it is such a strong feeling and emotion, and even when you are at the edge of death before God, love is still by your side because it is immortal. “If this be error and upon me proved, I never writ, nor no man ever loved.” These last two lines are the strongest out of the whole poem. Shakespeare is saying that if his whole assumption on love and what it entailed is proved wrong then he never truly wrote it. If he is wrong then Shakespeare must take back everything he has ever written about love; that no man has ever really loved since what he has come to know and think about love shall not matter anymore. However, that would be stupid to contradict Shakespeare, that would be denying all of his writings and basically say none of them are true for most if not all of his sonnets have love references in them. Shakespeare wrote on love from his personal experiences and by knowing, watching, and observing others. So, for Shakespeare to say that “If this be error and upon me proved, I never writ, nor no man ever loved” than he is a nothing more than a fool, which we know not to be true. Everyone in life will have love and in some way cherish it, but to have love for another you must have love for the live surrounding you or you cannot truly love.
the poem is first followed by the analysis...
Shakespeare Love Sonnet #116
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
Many people perceive love to be a desolate emotion, becoming more obsolete in modern day due to the rise of materialism becoming our obsession. The modern day portrait of love has been painted to be a fickle emotion that comes when it may be needed, and goes when it may not be. Shakespeare shines light onto this portrait from a different angle where love is a pure part and important part of life, for without it, one cannot have life. Shakespeare's love and understanding for love is what connected me to his sonnet.
The first line, “let me not”, Shakespeare is trying to block himself, to not take falling in love lightly. In doing so, one would be stupid because to fall in love is a great thing. To fall in love is to enter in to a relationship which should be based on trust, understanding, a little bit of jealousy, and of course compassion for each other. For the second line, “Marriage of true minds Admit impediments”, when you find your soul mate or the love of your life, everything about you and your counterpart connects, the marriage symbolises the understanding to further each other together while you learn about life. Most people reach the point where you love a person so much you make the transition to transform together into one being which is what Marriage does. Even though marriage is a great wonderful thing it is also an overwhelming experience to go through. The easier part is falling in love, but the hardest part is to stay in love. Even though you love a person, sometimes it is hard to say how you feel or express certain things even though you love the other person. “Which alters when it alteration finds, or bends with the remover to remove”, this is explaining how love works, it is always with you. When you truly love somebody than you cannot just throw away those feelings; they will always be with you. Even if something happens with the relationship, that feeling and emotion of love cannot be broken, it will always somehow survive anything that life throws its way. “An ever-fixed mark, That looks on tempests and is never shaken” means that love will always be there. It is a mark that will never go away even if you would like it too. Like a birthmark, it is always on you it will never go away, Permanence. Love is visible to the naked eye, yet is never shaken because it is such a strong emotion and feeling. “It is the star to every wandering bark, Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken” means that love is and it’s worth is unknown and will never fully be known and it cannot be fully understood, even thought we as a society and people have somewhat of an understanding on the meaning, feeling, and emotions of love. “Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks, Within his bending sickle's compass come: Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom.” These lines are basically stating that whatever love goes through it will always be there “even to the edge of doom”. Time can pass and pass yet love will still be there, you can go anywhere and be anywhere and love will be there will you too. Love cannot alter in weeks or hours since it is such a strong feeling and emotion, and even when you are at the edge of death before God, love is still by your side because it is immortal. “If this be error and upon me proved, I never writ, nor no man ever loved.” These last two lines are the strongest out of the whole poem. Shakespeare is saying that if his whole assumption on love and what it entailed is proved wrong then he never truly wrote it. If he is wrong then Shakespeare must take back everything he has ever written about love; that no man has ever really loved since what he has come to know and think about love shall not matter anymore. However, that would be stupid to contradict Shakespeare, that would be denying all of his writings and basically say none of them are true for most if not all of his sonnets have love references in them. Shakespeare wrote on love from his personal experiences and by knowing, watching, and observing others. So, for Shakespeare to say that “If this be error and upon me proved, I never writ, nor no man ever loved” than he is a nothing more than a fool, which we know not to be true. Everyone in life will have love and in some way cherish it, but to have love for another you must have love for the live surrounding you or you cannot truly love.
