Shakespeare expresses an unconventional view of love through his sonnets. In “Sonnet 116”, the author views love as an unwavering bond between too people, where no force can alter it, and if it does, the love is not true. Through analysis of the speaker’s diction, tone, and use of direct metaphors, one can calculate this interpretation of Shakespeare’s view of love to be true.
Perhaps the finest supporter of this interpretation is the speaker’s diction, or word choice. This alone provides most of the evidence to piece together the idea that the author views love as an everlasting, unbreakable affection. For example, by stating: “O, no! it is an ever-fixed mark, / That looks on tempests and is never shaken;” (“Sonnet 116” 5-6), the speaker
Perhaps the finest supporter of this interpretation is the speaker’s diction, or word choice. This alone provides most of the evidence to piece together the idea that the author views love as an everlasting, unbreakable affection. For example, by stating: “O, no! it is an ever-fixed mark, / That looks on tempests and is never shaken;” (“Sonnet 116” 5-6), the speaker