Sonnet 73 Summary In this poem the speaker invokes a series of metaphors to characterize the nature of what he perceives to be his old age. In the first quatrain he tells the beloved that his age is like a “time of year”, late autumn, when the leaves have completely fallen from the trees, and … Read more
Sonnet 130: My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun By William Shakespeare My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips’ red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damasked, red … Read more
Sonnet 65 by William Shakespeare: Summary, Line-by-Line Explanation and Critical Analysis Before going into Sonnet 65, it is important to read sonnet 63 and 64. Let us first gather some information from these sonnets. SONNET NO. 63 Against my love shall be as I am now, With Time’s injurious hand crushed and o’erworn; When hours … Read more
SONNET 116: LET ME NOT TO THE MARRIAGE OF TRUE MINDS Line-by-Line Meaning & Notes/ Summary of the whole poem(sonnet) 11-12. Love alters not with brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom. True love does not change with change of time. It remains there till the final day … Read more