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Sonnet 149
Title: Sonnet 149
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 780 | Pages: 3.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Sonnet 149
In William Shakespeare's sonnet number one hundred and forty-nine there is a
very clear case of unrequited love. In a somber tone he outlines the ways in
which he selflessly served his beloved only to be cruelly rejected. His
confusion about the relationship is apparent as he reflects upon his behavior
and feelings towards her. This poem appears to be written to bring closure to
the relationship, but it could be argued that this poem …showed first 75 words of 780 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 780 total…her aspiration to be a man who will love her for thge person she is,
not wholly and blindly as he had the poet has loved her.(Rowse 309) The irony
in this is that if he now can see her faults and what she desires, then he is
no longer blind. Thus this poem is arguably another attempt to win her
affection.
Bibliography
Rowse, A.L.. Shakespeare's Sonnets The Problems Solved. New York: Harper
& Row, 1964.
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