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Sonnet 148 Analysis

In this document, the student analyzes William Shakespeare's sonnet 148. The sonnet depicts how love can distort one's vision, making them unable to see flaws in the object of their affection. Throughout the poem, Shakespeare uses emotional language to illustrate the weakening effects of falling in love. The character in the sonnet fails to see any imperfections in the person they love, questioning if their perception is reality or merely blinded by passion. In the end, the reader is left with a sense of pity for the character who can only love the idealized version of the person, not who they truly are.

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Sonnet 148 Analysis

In this document, the student analyzes William Shakespeare's sonnet 148. The sonnet depicts how love can distort one's vision, making them unable to see flaws in the object of their affection. Throughout the poem, Shakespeare uses emotional language to illustrate the weakening effects of falling in love. The character in the sonnet fails to see any imperfections in the person they love, questioning if their perception is reality or merely blinded by passion. In the end, the reader is left with a sense of pity for the character who can only love the idealized version of the person, not who they truly are.

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Gage 1

Cameryn Gage
Ms. Gardner
English 10H/ Period
6 September 2015
Sonnet 148
Sonnet 148 by William Shakespeare depicts how love - much like smudged glasses - can
distort your vision of what truly is. In the first line he asks himself the question, O me! what
eyes hath love put in my head, in other words what has love done to my vision. All throughout
the sonnet Shakespeare uses great diction and strong emotional words to truly illuminate the
savage and weakening aspect of falling in love. Whoever Shakespeare had been writing about,
whether it had been himself or a mere character of his creativity, was distressed in the fact that he
could not see.
He could not see a single flaw in this woman he was in love with, and if that was to be
true then he questioned why could the rest of the world not see her beauty. Why was this
extraordinarily wondrous and extravagant beauty, only extravagant to him?
Shakespeare's lack of metaphor in this sonnet truly stood out to show the reality of the
frustrating infatuation by their love. Every word, although so eloquent and beautiful, was shown
to have true and utterly raw emotion behind it, ultimately expressing the intensity and the extent
to which a person can love. Beyond what the world sees; beyond what the world tells them what
they should see as well, the character fails to see even a single slight flaw. Constantly
questioning if what he sees is the truth, blinded by love he cries out that he can only see a
faultless being. Almost as if he wanted to see their flaws, because quite possibly if he did he
could contain his emotions, he could possibly fall out of love. If she is everything he cant see
then maybe he could gain closure on every tear he shed through the passion of his love. He could
let her go, if only he could find just a single flaw. In the end he cant, leaving the reader with a
heavy feeling of compassion and even quite possibly pity in that he cannot love what she is, but
only what she allows him to see.

Gage 2

Dancing: A Love Sonnet


Me, well I've never been one for dancing
But there's just something in the way you move
You are a sight, a wonder, a beauty
We've been here before but not in this mood

Gage 3
You'd think a singer would have some rhythm
But while my body moves in awkwardness
Yours moved in pure grace and repetition
Your moves: they were constant, free of distress
I watched mesmerized by your motion
I remember you told me "dance with love"
You offered your hand I felt the ocean
Movement swaying through me like waves above.
I have never danced a day in my life.
But you showed me the way: showed me the light.

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