Sonnet+116

Genre: Sonnet
Time period: Renaissance ( 17th century)

Setting/ Plot: Pretty much man vs. self/ man vs. love

__//**Poetic devices used:**//__

Symbolism --> " It is an ever fixed mark that looks on tempests and is never shaken. It is the **__star__** to every wandering bark," - "the star" is a reference to the North Star that Sailors would rely on for guidance out at sea. - the reference "symbolism" of the star is that it is the guidance of love as well. Forced Rhyme --> "Within his bending sickle's compass **__come__**." " But bears it out even to the edge of **__doom__**." > come and doom do not necessarily rhyme Eye Rhyme --> " Love is not **__love__**.." " Or bends with the remover to **__remove__**" > Love and remove do not rhyme; however the "ove" makes it look like they do

Theme: Love does not change due to material and or physical things if said love is pure and true

__//**Quotes:**//__

" Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments" - this pretty much says if anyone is against this marriage speak now or forever......

" it is an ever fixed mark that looks on tempests and is never shaken. It is the star to every wandering bark,"

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">__//**Character:**//__

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The person writing this sonnet is in his twenties (ish) he's a mature/maturing man who is coming to understand what love is.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">__//**Questions/ answers**//__: (text book)

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**What is the meaning of line 13?**

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">" if this be error upon me proved" <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">- This just points out that he's not wrong. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">- If what he said is wrong then there's nothing

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**What is true love compared to in the second quatrain?** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">This quatrain compares love to the north star. " it is the star to every wandering bark" (bark = ship)

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**How does the image of time in the third quatrain relate to the theme of the poem?**

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The image of time relates to the theme of the poem because over time things become weary however true love does not change due to physical/ material things.