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 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. 

A) Recalling

1) List three or four things that love is not according to sonnet 116.

>Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.

>True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations. It is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.

>Love is a feeling directed at someone whish acknowledges their goodness.

>Love is a bond or connection between two people that results in trust, intimacy, and an interdependence that enhances both partners.

2) List several things that love is according to sonnet 116.

> Love is not love which changes when it finds a change in circumstances, or bends from its firm stand even when a lover is unfaithful.

>Love is a lighthouse that sees storms but it never shaken.

>Love is the guiding North Star to every lost ship, whose value cannot be calculated, although its altitude can be measured.

>Love is not at the mercy of Time, though physical beauty comes within the compass of his sickle.

>Love does not alter with hours and weeks, but, rather, it endures until the last day of life.

B) Interpreting

1) What is the meaning of the image of the star in lines 7-8?

It means as a North Star.

How does the image apply to love?

The star is just like a love. The love guides every person to do what is right and the star guides every lost ship. Both of them have value that can not be calculated.

C) Extending

1.) Do you agree or disagree with the speaker’s interpretation of love? Why or why not?

I agree because everything he said about love is correct. True love is not the love that last for just an hour or week, rather, it doesn’t last. It doesn’t end just because the couples encountered challenges. Love is a guide to make person do the right things. Its value can not be calculated.