Sonnet 116

Question 1

structure

Answer 1

shakespearean sonnet

split into 3 Quatrains and a couplet

Question 2

‘That looks on tempests and is never shaken’

Answer 2

Pathetic fallacy shows how strong that love is and that it can never be broken

Question 3

‘Love’s not times fool’

Answer 3

Time is personified as a thing In this quatrain to show that love is not effected by time, even young people can die but if they do, love will still be there

Question 4

Within his bending sickles compass come

Answer 4

Sickle’s: alludes to a plant that the grim reaper carries

Question 5

In the second quatrain

Answer 5

The writer uses the metaphor of ‘it is the star to every wandering bark’ to show what love is and show it is how that person is guided

Question 6

Impediments

Answer 6

True love should not falter when faced with obstacles