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Shakespearen Sonnet 73 and Sonnet 116
Title: Shakespearen Sonnet 73 and Sonnet 116
Category: Literature / European Literature
Details: Words: 879 | Pages: 3.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
Shakespearen Sonnet 73 and Sonnet 116
William Shakespeare, in his Sonnet 73 and Sonnet 116, sets forth his vision of the unchanging, persistent and immovable nature of true love. According to Shakespeare, love is truly 'till death do us part,' and possibly beyond. Physical infirmity, the ravages of age, or even one's partner's inconstancy have no effect upon the affections of one who sincerely loves. His notion of love is not a romantic one in which an idealized vision of a lover is …showed first 75 words of 879 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 879 total…tone, differ somewhat in imagery, and have some similarity and some difference in their use of figurative language, both express the universal desire for unconditional, never ending love. Sonnet 73 seems to say that even such a love ends at the grave, though.- 'To love that well which thou must leave ere long.' Sonnet 116 bears it out even to the end of the world. Either poem offers a vision of love to which we can aspire.
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