The structure of Sonnet 116 follows the traditional Shakespearean sonnet format, consisting of 14 lines with a specific rhyme scheme (ABABCDCDEFEFGG) and a volta or turn in argument near the end. This structure emphasizes the theme of steadfast and unchanging love, culminating in a powerful declaration of the speaker's beliefs about the nature of true love, which defies change and time.
Use the poem to answer the question. In 1–2 sentences, explain a conclusion that can be drawn about the poem based on its structure.
Sonnet 116 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.
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