GCSE AQA Anthology - Relationships - Sonnet 116
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- Sonnet 116
- Summary
- Written by William Shakespeare.
- In the poem, Shakespeare argues that no matter what happens, true love won't change.
- True love is a constant.
- Shakespeare is saying that if what he says isn't true, then he didn't write.
- Form
- Four Quatrains and a rhyming couplet at the end.
- It is in a Sonnet form.
- Sonnets were a popular form of poetry in Shakespeare's time.
- Especially for love.
- Sonnets were a popular form of poetry in Shakespeare's time.
- There is a regular rhyme scheme.
- This gives a sense of order and completeness
- It is written in Iambic Pentameter.
- Imitates
- Beating heart
- Natural speech
- Imitates
- Structure
- The quatrains all discuss the same idea.
- Love being unchanged.
- Different imagery.
- Rhyming Couplet
- The narrator's guarantee that what he is saying is true.
- The quatrains all discuss the same idea.
- Language
- Sailing
- Love is reliable
- It guides us in a uncertain and stormy world.
- Time and Ageing
- Love isn't tricked by the effects of time.
- It remains the same.
- Love isn't at the mercy of time.
- It has no end.
- Love isn't tricked by the effects of time.
- Sailing
- Feelings and Attitudes
- Devotion
- The poem declares a love which will not change.
- True Love
- Not based on looks.
- It's not shallow or superficial.
- Constancy
- Love is fixed
- Love is eternal
- Will not change
- Even when the object of love changes.
- Devotion
- Summary
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