'Sonnet 116'

In the poem, Shakespeare makes the imagery very effective. True love cannot be broken or taken. The imagery shows that true love can withstand all, "that looks on tempests and is never shaken". This image helps me imagine a hurricane. Love being a house, the hurricane can't move or take away this house from that spot. The house stays there as true love does. Love can handle anything, be it a storm or an earthquake. True love brings a sense of safety and strength. It is so strong that it can overcome anything in its path. Shakespeare uses the image or a storm to show me his views on love.

The imagery is quite intriguing. Love is your map to life, "a star to every wandering bark". This is the idea of a boat being lost out at sea and then being guided by this lighthouse. Love is something that keeps you right and is always there when you need it. It is like a guide. By using imagery, the poet makes clear what his notion of love is.

Personification is apiece of imagery that is very powerful and striking. In love time is not an issue, "Love's not time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks within his bending sickle's compass come". Time does not affect love in any way. Love being a person, love never changes- time cannot command love or change it. Love is not all about health and youth. It is timeless and it does take time for love to grow stronger. Time is nothing if your rosy lips and cheeks disappear, if time gets hold of you it does not matter. Love is blind so appearance means nothing. Shakespeare uses personification to show his own opinions about love.

The way the imagery in the poem is used, it is very impressive and outstanding. Love is everlasting, "But bears it out even to the edge of doom". This image shows a very effective image. An image of a cliff that is bottomless. The world is ending but the couple fall off together holding hands. Even at death, you are with the person you love. It will last until 'death do us part'. Even death cannot destroy love - you still love someone after they die. Love is never-ending. This strong image shows Shakespeare's thoughts on love.

Overall, in 'Sonnet 116' by 'William Shakespeare' I thought the poem was very impressive and interesting. The poet uses lots of imagery to make clear his thoughts and feelings about love. Under the impression of what Shakespeare think, I agree with a lot of what he says. I believe that true love is everlasting and that nothing can take it away. I admit that all the lines in the sonnet are true. The poem very clearly states what love is and is not. The moral of the poem is that true love cannot be taken away; it lasts forever no matter what comes in its way. I have learned that true love is unbreakable and I now know how strong love actually is.