“A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” and “Sonnet 116” are two of the most beautiful poems written on the subject of true love. Firstly, it is important to install boundaries on what true love is as defined by most conventional ideals. True love is the meeting of like minds; where the love of two people is eternal regardless of the way in which one changes, physically or mentally, over time. Love is to give yourself wholly and completely …showed first 75 words of 1163 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1163 total…found a life partner who shares his values. Both poets may write about true love and the passion of the minds, more so than the body, but only one gives the reader faith in these ideals. Shakespeare manipulates his sonnet so decisively that it is east to interpret that he does not necessarily believe in a love between like minds. He uses his unique line endings to prove his disbelief inn true love. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**