Sonnet 116

Question

by William Shakespeare

Let me not to the marriage of true minds

Admit impediments; love is not love

Which alters when it alteration finds,

Or bends with the remover to remove.

O no, it is an ever-fixed mark

That looks on tempests and is never shaken;

It is the star to every wandering bark,

Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken.

Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks

Within his bending sickle’s compass come;

Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,

But bears it out even to the edge of doom.

If this be error and upon me proved,

I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

"Sonnet 116" by William Shakespeare

Question
Use the poem to answer the question.

In 1 sentences, explain a conclusion that can be drawn about the poem based on its structure.

(2 points)

Answer 1

The structure of "Sonnet 116," with its consistent rhyme scheme and rhythm, reinforces the poem's exploration of love as a steadfast and unchanging force, contrasting it with external influences and the passage of time.