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Sonnet Shakespeare Explore Worth's Unknown Hight Lov's Times

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Sonnet 116 - Shakespeare

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'Whose worth's unknown, although his hight be taken.

Lov's not Times foole, though rosie lips and cheeks'


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•'hight be taken' people are constantly trying to define the conception + emotion

•'Time' capitalised to make proper noun - personifies it

•While physical beauty will deteriorate because it is transient, love will transcend death

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