Sonnet Shakespeare Error Proved I Writ Man Loved

Sonnet 116 - Shakespeare

'If this be error and upon me proved,

I never writ, nor no man ever loved.' x3

•irrefutable end-stop + defensive tone

•hyperbolic + dramatic by creating this sense of combat + victory

•women not mentioned - dominant sex or only referring to homosexual love? Potentially specific accusation to promiscuous love 'you never loved me if you don't feel this way'