Sonnet 116 William Shakespeare

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error and upon me proved, I never writ, nor no man ever loved. lambic Pentameter TOUT a b a b с d C d e f e f 65 g g 1st quartet lambic Pentameter reversed (= trochaic substitution) 1 1 1 1 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: Paraphrasing: 1 Nothing can stop true love from lasting -> there can be no obstructions in the way of true love *impediments = obstructions Co b a b 1st quartet rhetorical devices symbol 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: Personification Alliteration Antithese Antithese + Alliteration: no true love -> if it changes or if someone tries to "remove" it Toro a b a b 2nd quartet O no! it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests* and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark*, C Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken d Paraphrasing: Love is unchanging even in stormy weather (1.2 = through difficult times) and a guide for people *tempests = storm *bark = ship с d 2nd quartet rhetorical devices metaphor personification O no! it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark с Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken d ↓ love's worth is not known, but he says it can be measured с d 3rd quartet 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*. Paraphrasing: Time can not take away love also death can not stop love and does not change love. Love lasts beyond death *edge of doom = last day of the world e f e f 3rd quartet rhetorical devices personification metaphor 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. Į symbol (death) symbol (last day of the world) e f e f couplet If this be error and upon me proved, I never writ, nor no man ever loved. Paraphrasing: What he is saying about love is the truth and if someone proves he is wrong about love, he never wrote this and no man ever loved. g g conclusion 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. -> love is real, true and everlasting sources https://freie-referate.de/englisch/how-to-analyze-a-shakespearean- sonnet-sonettanalyse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh4sfrYmKXg&t=112s https://www.litcharts.com/poetry/william-shakespeare/sonnet-116- let-me-not-to-the-marriage-of-true-minds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k75rf7QEZXO