Shakespeare's Poems

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The paper explores the substance of Sonnet CXXX whereby it notes that this sonnet is not a common poem of love, but rather more truthful and honest. The paper continues to discuss Sonnet CXVI and its theme that love is deeper than a physical attraction. Finally the author discusses the themes of the two poems in conjunction.

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"One reads and re-reads these two selections- two out of more than a hundred. And the imagination soars. What would the lady say? How would she reply? Would she just smile, as my respondent did to the first sonnet? Would there be a meeting of the minds, a holding of the hands, a joining of the lips? Are these two poems something that, put down on paper, the lady would put in her family Bible to read, and re-read during times of stress or depression?
Shakespeare wrote his love sonnets at a time when writing them was the only real proof of devotion. There was no Valentine's day candy, no Mother's day dinner, and no greeting card to express devotion. There was only an art form that has never really been equaled in the centuries since these were written. "

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