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| One day I wrote her name upon the strand,
But came the waves and washed it away:
Agayne I wrote it with a second hand,
But came the tyde, and made my paynes his pray.
"Vayne man," sayd she, "that doest in vaine assay.
A mortall thing so to immortalize,
For I my selve shall lyke to this decay,
and eek my name bee wyped out lykewize."
"Not so," quod I, "let baser things devize,
To dy in dust, but you shall live by fame:
My verse your vertues rare shall eternize,
And in the heavens wryte your glorious name.
Where whenas death shall all the world subdew,
Our love shall live, and later life renew." |
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In the beginning I find it sweet that the man tries to permanently engrave his loves name into the world, yet have waves continuously wash her name away. This sonnet prompts me to think of a typical love story or chick-flick. With one character who expresses their love for the other, while also comforting him or her in their troubles. The character that is comforting the girl provides the fairy tale type love. He promises her fame and a man who will love her forever. “Out love shall live, and later life renew.” tells me that he was truly in love with her. While “My verse your virtues rare shall eternise” gives off the intent of keeping her as a pleasant memory that will last for an infinite number of years. This sonnet makes me realize that the types of love stories that we read, watch or hear about now are continuous replays of stories that were created hundreds of years ago.
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