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Shakespeare's poem, "Sonnet 138: When my love swears she is made of truth," is about truths, lies, and love. It has 14 lines (sonnet), 3 quatrains, and 1 couplet; with every other line rhyming. There is also a shift in this poem.
His mistress swears she is truthful, although she knows she is lying. So he continues to believe her lies, while she thinks that he is just some ignorant young man. She likes to lie about everything and he doesn’t like to discuss his age. There is a shift in line 9 questioning why she doesn’t admit that she lies and why he doesn’t admit that he’s old. In the next couple of lines, it explains that it is easy to love someone who seems like they’re trustworthy, rather than someone who actually admits that they’re lying. It also exlpains that old people who are in love don’t like to discuss their age, because it makes them feel even more old. However, his mistress knew all along he was old because she remembered how he used to be back in the day. In the end, they both lie about each other’s faults, but continue to be flattered with their lies.
This poem can definitely be compared to real life because some women actually do promise to men that they are truthful, although they are not. This type of relationship is very common nowadays because men are very naïve and women are very sneaky; being able to get away with a lot of things. Also, women are very good at being able to convice and bribe men to do whatever they want them to do.
Overall, this poem shows that Shakespeare was not a naïve man because he knew all along his love wasn’t truthful. Also, it shows how witty he is to make his mistress believe that he belives she was telling him the truth. Lastly in this poem, he didn’t want the women to think of him as old, so he lied about his age indicating that if she can lie, so can he. All in all, they are “flattered” with lying about their faults and still love each other.
Shakespeare's poem, "Sonnet 138: When my love swears she is made of truth," is about truths, lies, and love. It has 14 lines (sonnet), 3 quatrains, and 1 couplet; with every other line rhyming. There is also a shift in this poem.
His mistress swears she is truthful, although she knows she is lying. So he continues to believe her lies, while she thinks that he is just some ignorant young man. She likes to lie about everything and he doesn’t like to discuss his age. There is a shift in line 9 questioning why she doesn’t admit that she lies and why he doesn’t admit that he’s old. In the next couple of lines, it explains that it is easy to love someone who seems like they’re trustworthy, rather than someone who actually admits that they’re lying. It also exlpains that old people who are in love don’t like to discuss their age, because it makes them feel even more old. However, his mistress knew all along he was old because she remembered how he used to be back in the day. In the end, they both lie about each other’s faults, but continue to be flattered with their lies.
This poem can definitely be compared to real life because some women actually do promise to men that they are truthful, although they are not. This type of relationship is very common nowadays because men are very naïve and women are very sneaky; being able to get away with a lot of things. Also, women are very good at being able to convice and bribe men to do whatever they want them to do.
Overall, this poem shows that Shakespeare was not a naïve man because he knew all along his love wasn’t truthful. Also, it shows how witty he is to make his mistress believe that he belives she was telling him the truth. Lastly in this poem, he didn’t want the women to think of him as old, so he lied about his age indicating that if she can lie, so can he. All in all, they are “flattered” with lying about their faults and still love each other.