Shakespeare Sonnet 116

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
   If this be error and upon me proved,
   I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

Shakespeare's sonnets can be confusing unless you have a good understanding of how the English language was used back then. Even without a good understanding the use of words themselves have a pleasing effect when you read them. You can check out this link for a paraphase of the sonnet - http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/116detail.html'

After reading the paraphase you have a better understanding but the poetic effect of the words are lost. I agree with Shakespeare's belief of what true love is. That its strong like a lighthouse and shouldn't wavier over time.

Personally I like the imagery his words evoke with the comparisons of what love truly is in his eyes. The line that stands out most to me is "That looks on tempests and is never shaken;" There is something about the word tempest that makes it flow with everything else. It creates the image of a windstorm slowly eroding away a rock. Then there is love made of a material that is unaffected by the storm. Making it seem like love is almost like a being that transgressed our reality and is unaffect even by the elements.