Compare the presentation of love in different relationships Love is presented in numerous different ways and the perspectives of love vary on the individual. In ‘Sonnet 116’ love is portrayed as a powerful everlasting force where the love is requited and equal and cannot be overpowered by anything, even time. Contrasting with this is, ‘To his coy mistress’ which is presenting lust that is masquerading as love and the man is a dominant force. ‘A mother in a refugee camp’ displays an unwavering maternal love and likewise ‘On my First Sonne’ displays an unconditional paternal love but the variance is in how they dealt with the grief caused by the death of their child. ‘Piano’ illustrates a small child’s adoration for his mother who is no longer a live and how her absence is affecting him. Finally ‘Digging’ is about a young man expressing his admiration and proudness for his father and grandfather’s hard work. In sonnet 116, love is presented as …show more content…
The speaker of the poem makes this very clear when he proclaims that true ‘Love’s not Time’s fool though rosy lips and cheeks.’ This suggests that beauty will fade away with time and death but true love isn’t tricked by the effects of time so the passionate duo will fight time if it tries to stop them from loving each other and becoming one. Additionally, Time is used with a capital letter, perhaps used to add more emphasis on the word but as ‘Love’ is at the start of the line and is placed before ‘Time’, it is maybe suggesting that despite time being a powerful force, it cannot destroy true love; love is more important than time and can overpower it. Possibly, this is why ‘Love’ is repeated multiple times throughout the poem; Shakespeare is trying to illustrate that you can’t just think that you are in love and therefore commit sins, you have to feel it and acknowledge the meaning and importance of love and the repetition of the word ‘love’ accentuates it