Shakespeare Sonnets analysis
Shakespeare wrote thirty-seven plays and one-hundred and fifty-four sonnets throughout his lifetime. Twenty-four of Shakespeare’s sonnets address his so called mistress the Dark Lady. While one hundred and twenty-six sonnets are centered around a young man and Shakespeare love for him. The sonnets centered around the Dark Lady express sexual distaste, lust, and attachment. While those centered around the young man express friendship and admiration of the male form. Exploring the way Shakespeare’s love differed from the Dark Lady, the young man, and the differences in their composition allow the reader to understand his different views on what love is. In Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 130,” the two lines in the opening …show more content…
Looking at the first lines in the Sonnet we clearly see the need placed on the love received from the young man and its influence on Shakespeare’s mind “So are you to my thoughts as food to life.” (Shakespeare 75, 1) “He is consumed by guilt over his passion” (Mabillard) Shakespeare starts showing signs that he himself is becoming possessive of the young man and his love to the point that he will no longer allow other to see his beauty. In the Sonnet it comes to a point where it gets sexual “Except what you have given me or what I will demand. / And so I starve or feed to excess depending on the day, / Either gorging on you, or not having you at all.” (Shakespeare 75, 12-14) The relationship explained by Mabillard has transitioned from a friendship to a romance that is centered around dependence on the young man. As the poet expressing himself through the Sonnet he has become disgusted and frightened by the dependence that is forming. This is seen in lines thirteen and fourteen where he would rather have him whenever he wished or not at all. His soul and mentality have been consumed by love for the young man’s beauty, it has consumed him and that relationship has come to nurture his
Shakespeare wrote thirty-seven plays and one-hundred and fifty-four sonnets throughout his lifetime. Twenty-four of Shakespeare’s sonnets address his so called mistress the Dark Lady. While one hundred and twenty-six sonnets are centered around a young man and Shakespeare love for him. The sonnets centered around the Dark Lady express sexual distaste, lust, and attachment. While those centered around the young man express friendship and admiration of the male form. Exploring the way Shakespeare’s love differed from the Dark Lady, the young man, and the differences in their composition allow the reader to understand his different views on what love is. In Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 130,” the two lines in the opening …show more content…
Looking at the first lines in the Sonnet we clearly see the need placed on the love received from the young man and its influence on Shakespeare’s mind “So are you to my thoughts as food to life.” (Shakespeare 75, 1) “He is consumed by guilt over his passion” (Mabillard) Shakespeare starts showing signs that he himself is becoming possessive of the young man and his love to the point that he will no longer allow other to see his beauty. In the Sonnet it comes to a point where it gets sexual “Except what you have given me or what I will demand. / And so I starve or feed to excess depending on the day, / Either gorging on you, or not having you at all.” (Shakespeare 75, 12-14) The relationship explained by Mabillard has transitioned from a friendship to a romance that is centered around dependence on the young man. As the poet expressing himself through the Sonnet he has become disgusted and frightened by the dependence that is forming. This is seen in lines thirteen and fourteen where he would rather have him whenever he wished or not at all. His soul and mentality have been consumed by love for the young man’s beauty, it has consumed him and that relationship has come to nurture his