Sharing feelings in the Sonnets
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'Let me not..' is another sonnet written by Shakespeare. This sonnet is not praising a loved one, it is written to teach people about love. In fact the content of the sonnet may even be written to warn people about love, which may not be 'real', as Shakespeare seems more bitter than in love.
He begins by saying he doesn't want to hinder the marriage of like-minded people, but to take note about what he has to say. The poem is written in a negative context to emphasise the positive aspects of love. "Let me not to the marriage of true mindes"
Shakespeare explains that people must admit that there are certain barriers, which prevent love being 'real' love. His next two lines make their point by having a repetitive word, such as alter and alteration.
"Admit impediments, love is not love
Which alters when it alteration findes,
Or bends with the remover to remove."
Shakespeare means by these lines that love is not love if one person is changed by the other, or because of the love, they both change.
He wants to make his point clear that love is to be kept the same; it must never change, as it is an ever ...
