I feel that this sonnet is a rebuttal to a debate between the speaker and the subject of this sonnet. I feel that this sonnet has somewhat of a mocking tone buried beneath Shakespeare's own true interpretation of love.
Due to the former conclusions about the young man in question, Mr. W.H., I believe he is a very stubborn, spoiled individual. I'm sure that this same young man would deny any change in his viewpoints, and would often scoff at Shakespeare's ideologies. Shakespeare seems to develop this throughout the sonnet, using many forms of alter and bend to let the readers conclude that the relationship between the speaker and the subject is forever changing, due to emotions and varying viewpoints.
I also found that although the sonnet centers around themes of mortality and immortality, as well as how love really has no definite boundaries, the sonnet overall is very negative. I was able to find eight negative words, as well as a triple negative in the ending line,
"I never writ, nor no man ever loved."
I believe it is these elements that set Sonnet One Hundred and Sixteen so far apart from the other sonnets previously studied.
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