소네트 116 명언
William Shakespeare의 Sonnet 116({year)에 나오는 유명한 문장 6개를 원문 그대로 소개하고, 각 문장의 의미와 출처를 알려드립니다.
읽는 시간 1분 · 14행
- 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:뜻: True love unites faithful minds and does not change when circumstances change or a partner pulls away.
The poet1연, 1~4행 - 2
O, no! it is an ever-fixed mark,
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;뜻: Love remains steady through hardship, like a fixed landmark that withstands storms.
The poet1연, 5~6행 - 3
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken.뜻: Love guides lost people like a navigation star whose position can be measured but whose value cannot.
The poet1연, 7~8행 - 4
Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle’s compass come;뜻: Time can destroy youthful beauty, but it has no power over true love.
The poet1연, 9~10행
- 5
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.뜻: True love does not fade with passing time but endures until the end of the world.
The poet1연, 11~12행 - 6
If this be error and upon me prov’d,
I never writ, nor no man ever lov’d.뜻: The poet stakes his writing and all human experience of love on the truth of his argument.
The poet1연, 13~14행
이 문장들에 관한 질문
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.
