| Front | Sonnet 116: S presents love as oppressive, tyrannical and burdensome, refusing to believe people can grow apart x7 |
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| Back | •omnipotence of it can be oppressive+intimdating 'is never shaken' => can't escape + problem if dysfunctional or not reciprocal •'brief hours and weeks' => not satisfying - famine for unreciprocated love •'doom' not healthy to never let go - obsessive - is he doomed? appalling conditions •sonnet traditional romantic format may be satirical •'mark' could signify scar, wound, stain •death imagery 'bending sickles' •'wandring barke' - aimless, without purpose, helpless |
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