Santos, Carla Mae TM6B/Prof.

Romeo Martin

Sonnet 116 LET ME NOT TO THE MARRIAGE OF TRUE MINDS 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.

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Structure 14 Lines Last 2 lines (iambic foot): If this be error and upon me proved. I never writ, nor no man ever loved. Syllables: 8 syllables in each line except line 1,9 and 11 has 9 syllables, line 2,3,10 has 6 syllables and line 12 has 10 syllables. Shape: Not applicable Punctuation Mark: Coma, Semicolon, Period (, ; : .)

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Sound Rhyme Scheme: a, b, a, b c, d, c, d e, f, e, f g, g

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Sense Figures of Speech: Metaphor, Metonymy, Synedoche. Message: I think the message of this sonnet is, Nothing. Basically, he's saying, "If I'm wrong, I never wrote anything, which means I'm not wrong." The poem as a whole talks about how love is not fickle but is an "ever-fixed mark". Symbolism: The idea of marriage is present in the background of this poem from the very first line. However, the poet doesnt necessarily define marriage the way people typically do, as a religious sacrament or a legal procedure instead, he emphasizes a more idealistic, transcendent vision of it. The idea of love as a guiding star isnt a new one, but in this poem, Shakespeare approaches it with a renewed enthusiasm. The poems central extended metaphor is the comparison of love to a star specifically the North Star, which doesnt ever change position in the night sky. This made it particularly important to sailors, who calculated the location of their ships based on the stars.