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    Sonnet 116 Ms.

    Proch ELA B30


    William Shakespeare Name: ____________

    Let me not to the marriage of true minds


    Admit impediments, love is not love
    Which alters when it alteration finds,
    Or bends with the remover to remove.
    O no, it is an ever-fixed mark
    That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
    It is the star to every wand’ ring bark,
    Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
    Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
    Within his bending sickle's compass come,
    Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
    But bears it out even to the edge of doom:
    If this be error and upon me proved,
    I never writ, nor no man ever loved

    1. This is an example of a Shakespearean sonnet. A Shakespearean sonnet is a poem


    written in a certain format that consists of: (3)

    A) _____ Lines which can be broken down into four sections called __________.

    B) The strict rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet is

    __________/ __________/ __________/ __________/

    C) Written in iambic _____________________. This is a poetic meter with _____


    beats per line made up of alternating unstressed and stressed syllables.

    D) The last two lines rhyme. This is called a ______________ _______________.

    2. According to this sonnet, does true love bend or alter with changing circumstances?

    3. What does the line “Love’s not Time’s fool” mean?

    4. Does true love alter as days, weeks, or months go by?


    5. What do these lines mean: “If this be error and upon me proved, I never writ, nor no
    man ever loved?”

    6. Is there a theme to this poem? If so, what is it?

    7. Does this poem’s proposed view of love function in the real world, or is it simply a
    utopian ideal?

    /10

    My notes:
    Theme: True love remains steady?

    1. Does the poem’s proposed view of love function in the real world, or is it

    simply a utopian ideal?

    2. Do you agree with the poet’s view of love as eternal and unchanging?

    3. There are many different kinds of love out there, such as romantic, familial,

    and platonic. Can the ideas posed in this poem apply to all of them?

    4. The poet implies that love is the only guiding light that we have in this

    troublesome world. Do you agree or disagree

    Modern translation:

    I would not admit that anything could interfere with the union of two people who love
    each other. Love that alters with changing circumstances is not love, nor if it bends from
    its firm state when someone tries to destroy it. Oh no, it's an eternally fixed point that
    watches storms but is never itself shaken by them. It is the star by which every lost ship
    can be guided: one can calculate it's distance but not gauge its quality. Love doesn't
    depend on Time, although the rosy lips and cheeks of youth eventually come within the
    compass of Time's sickle. Love doesn't alter as the days and weeks go by but endures
    until death. If I'm wrong about this then I've never written anything and no man has ever
    loved

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