Wednesday, September 2, 2015

How is Shakespeare's sonnet "To His Love" about his deep admiration and passionate love for his beloved?

Shakespeare's sonnet "To His Love" contains two of the
most quoted lines in all of romantic love poetry.


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Shall I compare thee to a summer's
day?


Thou are more lovely and more
temperate.



This poem exudes
the love which Shakespeare feels for his beloved. While the poem begins with positive
thought, it changes suddenly in the second stanza. While the sonnet seems to take a
negative turn, speaking to the process of aging and death, it is meant to bring hope to
his love by providing a promise that their love will never
end.


The poem is meant to provide reassurance to the
beloved by providing a promise that their love will outlast all- even life.It seems that
nothing, not dimmed complexions or declined fairness, will stop the love between the
two.


This poem simply speaks to the lengths which love can
survive. Shakespeare is telling his beloved that there is nothing that can extinguish
their love- a true statement to the admiration and passion he feels for
her.

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