![]() ![]() Shakespeare then emphasizes the everlasting quality of love saying that it isn’t something which time can play with, thus effectively casting all the other emotions that one experiences in a frivolous light when compared with the majesty of Love. Just as no one can guess how high exactly the North Star is in the sky, yet everyone knows that it is very important and useful, similarly can no man ever hope to put a monetary label on Love, but there is none in this world who is unaware of its absolute beauty and power. He describes the intensity and ferocity of the emotion as such that people who are in love do not back down from whatever challenges and difficulties life throws at them, but face them with the resolution and perseverance to overcome and conquer. Comparing it to the North Star and using nautical terms, Shakespeare then designate love as a solid constant remainder. He then condemns the love which changes with the changing circumstances of life, or ends with death, claiming that that isn’t true love. He starts with rejecting the marriage done for logical and sensible reasons stating that there are too many obstructions in the path of such relationships. Through this sonnet, Shakespeare tries to define what the phenomenon of Love is all about, by first stating what it isn’t, then asserting what it is. ![]()
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