Chase Falk Gardner English 2 3 October 2013 Original Sonnet

The wondering souls of the human being Asking if their love is genuine or not To answer this question is very keen For the simple response in not what you sought If you are asking yourself this very question Than the love that you think is true is not real True love is always shown with great expression And the truth of your love has just been revealed Once uncertainties show up and feelings have changed And once you feel the days are going by too long Thats when you know your love has gone away And I know you wish this statement was wrong But faithful love can never be changed or bent Because when your love is true, its always present

Sonnet 116 Analysis

True love cannot be altered with changing circumstances: if so, then the love is not real. This is the theme that Shakespeare expresses in Sonnet 116. Shakespeare begins the poem with Quatrain 1, which tells us that if you feel your passionate devotion to one has distorted, than the love that was once there is no longer present. Shakespeare uses the sound device tool of repetitionin the words love, alter, and removeto create the forceful impact that compels the reader into believing that what he is saying is true. The second quatrain contains a great deal of imagery, expressing that love is never overcome; it is an ever-fixed mark, / that looks on tempests and is never shaken; The lighthouse which represents lovestands tall, overlooking the treacherous sea storms. The speaker is suggesting that true love over powers all the horrible things that can happen. This quatrain also articulates that love should guide a person through his or her hardest times through a metaphor; It is the star to every wandering bark, / Whose worth unknown although his height be taken In this metaphor, the speaker also uses the sound device tool of euphony, with the pleasing sounds of who to create a harmonious and delightful setting that surrounds the idea of this perfect love. The third quatrain states that love is not Times fool. Even though Time ages a person and results in causing their beauty to fade, the love should still be as great as it was in the beginning. In this quatrain Shakespeare also tells the reader that true love continues and stays content through its brief hours and weeks and until death. The couplet at the end exhibits Shakespeares immense belief in the sonnet he has just composed. When true love is changed, the love no longer exists.