Sonnet 116 Flashcards
1
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structure
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shakespearean sonnet
split into 3 Quatrains and a couplet
2
Q
‘That looks on tempests and is never shaken’
A
Pathetic fallacy shows how strong that love is and that it can never be broken
3
Q
‘Love’s not times fool’
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Time is personified as a thing In this quatrain to show that love is not effected by time, even young people can die but if they do, love will still be there
4
Q
Within his bending sickles compass come
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Sickle’s: alludes to a plant that the grim reaper carries
5
Q
In the second quatrain
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The writer uses the metaphor of ‘it is the star to every wandering bark’ to show what love is and show it is how that person is guided
6
Q
Impediments
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True love should not falter when faced with obstacles
