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Describe the evolution of thought in "True Love," Sonnet 116 by Shakespeare.
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KAREN P.L. HARDISON | CERTIFIED EDUCATOR
The evolution of thought in Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116 follows the logical expansion of an idea that defines the nature of love. Instead of turning to a contrasting idea at the sonnet voltas (volta means turn, as in a Petrarchan turn to a contrasting idea), Shakespeare continues expanding on the nature of love but turns to other metaphors for it; the metaphors are expressed in imagery of unified minds, ships navigating in troubled seas, and "Time" as a reaper. The ending couplet presents a paradoxical resolution that says, in paraphrase, "If I'm proven wrong about this that I've said, then it must also come to be true that I never wrote anything and that no man ever loved."
The first iambic pentameter quatrain, in the standard Shakespearean rhyme scheme of abab, metaphorically compares love to unity of mind, "marriage of true minds." He describes this unity as one that does not alter in devotion due to changes (usually understood to mean physical changes, as in old age) in the one loved. "Or bends with the remover to remove" means that the unity of mind stays steadfast even if the one loved withdraws their love.
The second quatrain, with a volta at line 5, turns to a second metaphor that compares love to objects by which sailors navigate in tempestuous, stormy seas and by which they return back on their true course when tossed off course. The metaphor means that love can keep one from being discouraged by problems ("looks on tempests and is never shaken") and can be the measure of one's course in life ("every wandering bark, / Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.") A "bark" is a small sailing ship, and "height" refers to altitude as measured by longitude. "Whose worth's unknown" refers to one who is young in life and has not yet made a great impact in life, therefore, their "worth" to society cannot yet be known.
HOMEWORK HELP > SONNET 116
Describe the evolution of thought in "True Love," Sonnet 116 by Shakespeare.
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KAREN P.L. HARDISON | CERTIFIED EDUCATOR
The evolution of thought in Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116 follows the logical expansion of an idea that defines the nature of love. Instead of turning to a contrasting idea at the sonnet voltas (volta means turn, as in a Petrarchan turn to a contrasting idea), Shakespeare continues expanding on the nature of love but turns to other metaphors for it; the metaphors are expressed in imagery of unified minds, ships navigating in troubled seas, and "Time" as a reaper. The ending couplet presents a paradoxical resolution that says, in paraphrase, "If I'm proven wrong about this that I've said, then it must also come to be true that I never wrote anything and that no man ever loved."
The first iambic pentameter quatrain, in the standard Shakespearean rhyme scheme of abab, metaphorically compares love to unity of mind, "marriage of true minds." He describes this unity as one that does not alter in devotion due to changes (usually understood to mean physical changes, as in old age) in the one loved. "Or bends with the remover to remove" means that the unity of mind stays steadfast even if the one loved withdraws their love.
The second quatrain, with a volta at line 5, turns to a second metaphor that compares love to objects by which sailors navigate in tempestuous, stormy seas and by which they return back on their true course when tossed off course. The metaphor means that love can keep one from being discouraged by problems ("looks on tempests and is never shaken") and can be the measure of one's course in life ("every wandering bark, / Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.") A "bark" is a small sailing ship, and "height" refers to altitude as measured by longitude. "Whose worth's unknown" refers to one who is young in life and has not yet made a great impact in life, therefore, their "worth" to society cannot yet be known.
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=> The poet begins by stating he should not stand in the way of "the marriage of true minds", and that love cannot be true if it changes for any reason; true love should be constant, through any difficulties. ... Love also should not fade with time; instead, true love is, as is the polar star, "ever-fixed" and lasts forever.
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