Sonnet 116 Flashcards
Marriage of true minds
Metaphor and alliteration, speaker doesn’t want obstacles between soulmates
First quadrant
Structure, talking about what love isn’t,
Adult impediments
Caesura, emphasises the barrier that shouldn’t exist between soulmates.
Which alters when it alteration finds
Overtime people change if you genuinely love them you should adjust to them changing. The love you have shouldn’t change
Remover to remove
Repetition and alliteration, to emphasise speakers point
O no it is an ever fixed mark
Metaphor, storms symbolise difficulties in a relationship and has true love never falters however difficult life becomes.
It is the star to every wandering bark
Metaphor, love is like the North Star which was a symbol of consistency because it was believed to never move in the sky throughout life’s journey
Sickles compass come
Symbolises grim reaper and death shows contrasts to bravery in life to eternal love.
Sibilance mimics sound of sickle through air
Loves not Times fool
Personification, love defines time and it should be eternal it should not diminish over time.
Second quadrant defines love
Structure
O no!
Caesura, Exclamation, reflects speakers certainty about what love is and isn’t and what it should be
Edge of doom
Symbolises doomsday and Armageddon love should last till end of time
If this error and upon me proved I will never write nor no man ever loved
Underlines speakers certainty we are reading east he’s written and men have been in love so definition is proved to be correct
