Sonnet 116 (Relationships)
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- Created on: 20-05-13 14:34
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- Sonnet 116
- Feelings and Attitudes
- Devotion; The voice in the poem declares love doesn't change
- Constancy; He see's love as fixed - something which won't change even when the object of his love changes
- True love; Its not a shallow superficial love which it is based on what the loved one looks like
- Whats the poem about?
- How constant true love is and how it doesn't change, even as people get older
- If it is true love them it doesn't change no matter what as its powerful
- He says if he is wrong then he has never wrote and no man has ever been in love- meaning its true
- Form?
- Regular rhyme scheme gives a sense of order and the feeling of being complete
- Sonnet - used to write about love
- Language about sailing?
- True love is shown to be reliable- it guides us in an uncertain and stormy world
- Language about time and ageing
- When we get older we look different, perhaps not attractive but true love isn't tricked by the effects of time - it remains the same, it has no end
- Feelings and Attitudes
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