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- 6. “When my loveswears to me that she is made of truth I do believe her, though I know she lies,”
- 7. “That she mightthink me some untutored youth, Unlearned in the world’s false subtleties.”
- 8. “Thus vainly thinkingthat she thinks me young,”
- 9. “Although she knowsmy days are past the best”
- 10. “Simply I credither false speaking tongue: On both sides doth is simple truth suppressed.”
- 11. “But wherefore saysshe not she is unjust? And wherefore say not I that I am old?”
- 12. “O, Loves besthabit is in seeming trust,”
- 13. “And age inlove loves not to have years told:”
- 14. “Therefore I liewith her and her with me, And in our faults by lies we flattered be.”
- 16. Conclusion: Lies Flattery Love
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- 18. • Watson, ThomasRamey. "Shakespeare's Punning In Sonnet 138." Anq 1.2 (1988): 44. Academic Search Premier. Web. 21 Feb. 2013. • "Shakespeare Sonnet 138 - When My Love Swears That She Is Made of Truth with Notes." Shakespeare Sonnet 138 - When My Love Swears That She Is Made of Truth with Notes. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Feb. 2013.
Editor's Notes
- #5 Shakespeare is renowned as one of the greatest English writers to ever live. He was born April 26 1564 in the British town of Stratford upon Avon. Shakespeare is most known for the 38 plays and 154 sonnets he wrote.
- #7 Sonnet 138:• Addressed to the dark lady• Addresses the nature of deceit and flattery within romantic relationships• Follows traditional sonnet form: ababcdcdefefggThe first two lines of sonnet 138 shows that the lover is blind to what he can clearly see as he believes what he knows to be untrue.
- #8 The third and fourth line of sonnet 138 address the lovers reasoning for choosing to believe their love is faithful. He wants to seem more youthful, whereas she wants to feel as though she is with a younger man.
- #9 In lines five and six the speaker acknowledges that the lady does not believe him to be young but that he believes she does anyways.
- #11 Lines six and seven emphasize the mutuality in the relationship by acknowledging contradictions on both sides. The speaker believes he is young and the lady says that she is faithful.
- #15 Reaching the final couplet provides an interesting twist when deceit and sex are one and the same: to lie is to lie with.The end of the poem shows the final progression of their relationship: anger, suppressed anger, game playing, realizing the absurdness of truthfulness, and ending with the acknowledgement of flattery when each lover suppresses bitter truths in order to lie to and with each other.
- #18 References:Watson, T. (1988). Shakespeare's Punning in Sonnet 138. Anq, 1(2), 44.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonnet_138LEVIN, RICHARD, Shakespeare's SONNET 138, Explicator, 36:3 (1978:Spring) p.28