Sonnet 116
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- Created on: 17-05-18 10:11
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- Sonnet 116 - Shakespeare
- Shakespearean sonnet
- written in iambic pentametre
- rhyming couplet at end
- verse
- 14 lines and 3 stanzas
- rhyming couplets - couple, relationship
- love is... love is not...
- Importance - repetition
- thinks of the simple things in love rather than the huge gestures
- attempts to define love
- love as a concept or idea rather than between two people
- themes of love and time
- love is a powerful, unstoppable force of nature
- natural imagery - "star" - "tempests"
- if it is 'true love' it wont be changed by time or circumstance
- Renaissance poetry
- love is not restricted by time and place but exists above all considerations
- metaphor of "star" - love exists everywhere in the world and is a constant - just like time
- Shakespeare praises lovers who come together regardless of circumstance - class etc.
- modern view
- Synecdoche - "Barke" little thing representing a bigger whole - individual relationships are just a smaller part of LOVE
- Shakespearean sonnet
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