The tone of this poem is very reassuring and apologetic. The sonnet dramatizes the affection that the poet holds for the young man. With his absence the fair lord may have felt that the poet’s love had disappeared. The narrator denies that he has any dishonesty in his affection for his lover. Three times the author declares that no matter where he may travel, both physically and mentally, he will always return, because the young man is his second self. The sonnet seems to come from an accusation of infidelity. An accusation which the poet disagrees with. Affectionately, he clarifies that he can never separate himself from this young man. This is demonstrated many times when he says, “To leave for nothing all thy sum of good, For nothing this
