GROUP 3

LIT 11
3:30-4:30PM MWF
BACIA, ANA MAY

REPORTER
INTRODUCTION
TO
SHAKESPEAREAN
SONNET
WHAT IS A
SHAKESPEAREAN
SONNET?
14 lines [3 quatrains and a couplet]

Prescribed rhyme scheme [ABAB CDCD EFEF GG]

forming three quatrains (four lines in a group) and a

casing couplet (two rhymed lines).

The problem is usually developed in the first three

quatrains, each quatrain with a new idea growing
out of the previous one.
IAMBIC PENTAMETER

Each line consist of ten syllables

Five pairs called IAMBIC

One stressed syllable followed by

unstressed syllable
LABASTIDA , ACE NIÑO

REPORTER
 Sonnet 116
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 over-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken,
It is the star to every wandering bark.
Whose worth’s unknown, althought his height be taken.
Love's not Times fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bonding 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.

William Shakespears.
GENTALLAN

REPORTER
LET ME NOT TO THE MARRIAGE OF TRUE MINDS (SONNET 116)
William Shakespeare, 1564 - 1616

Let me not to the marriage of true minds - A

Admit impediments. Love is not love - B
Which alters when it alteration finds, - A
Or bends with the remover to remove: - B
Oh, no! it is an ever-fixed mark, - C
That looks on tempests and is never shaken; - D
It is the star to every wandering bark, - C
Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken. - D
Love ’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks - E
Within his bending sickle’s compass come; - F
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, - E
But bears it out even to the edge of doom. - F
If this be error, and upon me prov’d, - G
I never writ, nor no man ever lov’d. - G
CASTILLANO

REPORTER
In Shakespeare’s sonnets, the COUPLET usually
summarizes the theme of the poem.

Shakespeare used some of his most familiar

themes in ‘Sonnet 116’. These include time, love,
and the nature of relationships.

If this be error, and upon me prov'd,

I never writ, nor no man ever lov'd.
ZONA

REPORTER
MONDARES

REPORTER
 STRUCTURE
1. Love is constant and strong. (The first
quatrain)
2. Love will survive any crisis, love’s actual
worth cannot be known. (The second quatrain)
3. Love is stable throughout any changes. (The
third quatrain)
4. The poet stands firmly of his judgment. (The
final couplet)
RACAZA

REPORTER
 True Love
Sonnet 116 attempts to define love, by explaining what it is and
what it is not. In the first quatrain, the poet says that love is
perfect and unchanging. In the second quatrain, the speaker
explores what love is through a metaphor: a guiding star to lost
ships, ("wand'ring barks") and the poet says that it is not
susceptible to storms (it "looks on tempests and is never
shaken"). In the third quatrain, Shakespeare
describes what love is not: it is not affected by time. The poet
says that beauty fades in time (rosy lips and cheeks) but that
love does not change but instead it lasts "to the edge of doom."
In the couplet, the poet says that if his statements can be
proved to be wrong then he must never have written a word, and
no man can ever have been in love.
 ELEMENTS OF POETRY
The speaker of William Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 116” is probably a

VOICE poetic persona of the writer. The sonnet is written in the first person,
which is clear already from the first lines: “Let me not to the marriage
of true minds / Admit impediments.”
Shakespearean sonnets are notable for their frankness and
DICTION clarity. This one in particular is recognizable for its very simple
language (for Shakespeare’s time, that is), elegant structure, and
logical flow.
The poet uses nautical imagery to construct the mental picture
IMAGERY
of love as a star leading all of us through life.
 FIGURES OF SPEECH:
METAPHOR

• ''O, no, it is an ever-fixèd mark.'' Shakespeare here is comparing love to

''an ever-fixèd mark,'' or something that will not move and as the
following line states, ''That looks on tempests and is never shaken.'' In
both of these lines, he compares love to something that cannot be
moved even by the worst storms. He compares love to a lighthouse that
remains steadfast even during deadly storms.

• Shakespeare uses the metaphor of the North Star to discuss love. To

Shakespeare, love is the star that guides every bark, or ship, on the
water, and while it is priceless, it can be measured.
PERSONIFICATIO
N

• Personification in Sonnet 116 can be seen in the passage ''Love's not Time's
fool'' (line 9). In this example, Shakespeare is personifying both the concepts of
love and time. The message of the entire sonnet is that someone's love for
another person cannot be affected by time.

• Another example of personification in the sonnet is in line 10, ''Within his

bending sickle's compass come.'' Shakespeare is personifying death with the
image of ''his bending sickle,'' but is also talking about time again. Time is the
''his'' in this line, and the ''bending sickle'' is Shakespeare alluding to the grim
reaper's sickle or death itself. Both this and the previous example are given
human attributes to inhuman concepts such as ''Time'' and "Love."
ALLITERATION

• For example, “marriage” and “minds” in the first line and

“remover” and “remove” in the fourth line.
SYMBOLISM

• One of these examples is in the sonnet's first line ''Let me not to the marriage
of true minds.'' Mind is the symbol being used in this line. Instead of referring to
a person's brain in this statement, Shakespeare uses the mind to represent a
person's intelligence and character. When he is saying ''the marriage of true
minds,'' he is showing that love is an act of two people who will be true or real
with each other.
 THEME

• Constancy of Love: Everyone has a different definition of love, and this sonnet offers an
optimistic take on it. Love here is seen as a truly powerful, unstoppable force of nature. It’s the
only constant in a tumultuous and confusing world, and it’s a guiding star for all of us who are
lost out there.
• Loyalty: As far as Sonnet 116 is concerned, loyalty plays a key role in true love – actually, the
only significant role. The poem asserts that the true marker of love is its persistence; without
constant devotion, "love is not love." A lot of difficulties can arise when two people who love
each other, but if their feelings are real, none of these things should matter. In the ideal world of
the poem, true lovers always forgive each other and stay together, regardless of the
circumstances.
• Mortality: Mortality in this poem, if not anywhere else, is a non-issue. While Time is usually seen
as a force of destruction, which wreaks havoc with basically everything we mere mortals do, it
doesn’t have an impact on the true power of Love in this poem. Though age and decay may affect
the beauty of a loved one, Sonnet 116 claims that real love perseveres in spite of this, and
continues to live on until "the edge of doom" (12), otherwise known as Judgment Day.
 TYPE OF RHYME:

End Rhyme
• The end rhyme is used to make the stanza melodious.
Shakespeare has used end rhyme in this poem, such as;
“Cheeks/weeks”, “minds/finds” and “mark/bark.”
Thank You