Sonnet. - 116. True Love

Sonnet. - 116. 

True Love

-        William Shakespeare

 Introduction:

William Shakespeare was a great scholar of the Elizabethan era. He wrote three types of drama and sonnet. He wrote 154 sonnets in his life. They were published together in 1609. Sir Walter said that his sonnets are “Cave of Mysteries”. He divided his sonnets into three stanzas of four lines each followed by a concluding couplet.

 Summary:

In this sonnet Shakespeare says about True Love. In the First stanza, four lines he says that if our love of true mind so never comes impediments or struggle in true love. Many alterations come yet love not change that is true love. If remover try to remove it but it can’t remove because it bends with the remover.

In Second stanza, four lines poet says that True Love is fixed mark forever, it never change like, Pole-Star. The Pole-Star rises fixed place in the sky which guide for sailor as same as true love guide for us. Many tempests come in the way of lover but if that true love so, it never shaken by tempests. We can’t know worth of love because it’s worth unknown, nevertheless it is valuable.

In Third stanza, four lines poet says that, time makes fool all things but love not become fool by time. Our body comes under the compass of time as same grass comes under the sickle’s compass but love never comes under anything. Love is not lives only brief hours and weeks but it lives forever.

In the end of two lines Shakespeare says that if this be error and upon him proved. So, he would never write anything otherwise he would believe that no man ever true love.