Front | Sonnet 116 - Shakespeare Explore: 'That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandring barke' x3 |
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Back | •also 'mark...never shaken' like a lighthouse guiding a boat in the right direction => phallic imagery - endorsing same-sex rels? •'wandring' suggests speaker has a lack of direction; no intuition •nautical (sailing, navigation) imagery shows resilience of love + astronomical imagery conveys its transcendence |
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