Sunday, November 20, 2011

Sonnet 116 - Reflection

No reason not to marry, even when a lover is unfaithful. Sea storms never lose courage, love does not alter with measures of time. At the beginning of these sonnets the boy was immortal and now love is immortal. True love is never shaken. Was the speaker talking about what love should be or was he saying that this is the type of love he has? I believe that no one knows true love until they're in it. Otherwise they are watching other people and basing their opinion of love off of someone else's energy. It seems to me that the speaker is fighting for the boy in this sonnet. Are they losing love? There isn't a reason for them not to get married, love is love. There is so much convincing in this poem. The light house reference says it all for me. The speaker loves this boy, he believes that they are standing on solid ground. The Biblical reference could mean anything. Could it be that the speaker believes that God approves their relationship? So many possibilities in this poem, so much truth about love.

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