7/6/2023 0 Comments Sonnet 116![]() ![]() His father, John, was a local politician and his mother, Mary Arden, was the daughter of a yeoman farmer. His exact date of birth is unknown, but his birth date is generally inferred to be April 23rd, 1564. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He is most famous for his 37 plays, including the well-known plays Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Macbeth, but he first became famous as a poet with his narrative poems Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece. William Shakespeare is widely acknowledged as the greatest playwright and poet in the English language. ![]() ![]() This sonnet argues that true love is immortal, persisting even after the lover and the beloved themselves have succumbed to death. Even time’s cruel march is no match for the powerful nature of this love’s force. The transcendent love that Shakespeare is describing does not wither or decay but persists despite life’s challenges. Love is conceived of as a spiritual and emotional union of kindred souls that remains constant. “Sonnet 116” is a meditation on the enduring nature of love, addressed to the same young man who is the audience for the majority of his sonnets. ![]()
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