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Imagery Sonnet Shakespeare Explore Tempests Shaken The Star Wandring

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Sonnet 116 - Shakespeare

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'That looks on tempests and is never shaken;

It is the star to every wandring barke' x3

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
'star' => celestrial imagery further reinforces this

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