Sonetti 116:n sitaatteja

William Shakespearein Sonnet 116-teoksen (1609) 6 kuuluisaa säettä sanatarkasti, selityksineen ja lähdetietoineen.

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1. 1

   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:

   Merkitys: True love unites faithful minds and does not change when circumstances change or a partner pulls away.

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2. 2

   O, no! it is an ever-fixed mark,
   That looks on tempests and is never shaken;

   Merkitys: Love remains steady through hardship, like a fixed landmark that withstands storms.

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3. 3

   It is the star to every wandering bark,
   Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken.

   Merkitys: Love guides lost people like a navigation star whose position can be measured but whose value cannot.

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4. 4

   Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
   Within his bending sickle’s compass come;

   Merkitys: Time can destroy youthful beauty, but it has no power over true love.

   The poetSäkeistö 1, säkeet 9–10Kopioi

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5. 5

   Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
   But bears it out even to the edge of doom.

   Merkitys: True love does not fade with passing time but endures until the end of the world.

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6. 6

   If this be error and upon me prov’d,
   I never writ, nor no man ever lov’d.

   Merkitys: The poet stakes his writing and all human experience of love on the truth of his argument.

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Kysymyksiä näistä säkeistä

What does the opening of Sonnet 116 mean?

The speaker refuses to recognize obstacles to a union of faithful minds. He defines genuine love as constant, even when circumstances change or one partner withdraws.

Why does Shakespeare compare love to a star in Sonnet 116?

A navigation star helps sailors find their way. Similarly, love provides reliable guidance through uncertainty; its position may be measurable, but its true value is beyond calculation.