"Sonnet CXVI" by William Shakespeare is written in iambic pentameter, which consists of five iambs per line, with each iamb being a metrical foot made up of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. This rhythmic pattern contributes to the poem's lyrical quality and emphasizes its themes of love's constancy and permanence. The sonnet follows the traditional structure of three quatrains followed by a final couplet, maintaining the typical form of Shakespearean sonnets.
iambic pentameter
Iambic pentameter.
In Sonnet CXVI Shakespeare doesn't prove that Love is not Time's fool.Shakespeare suggests:Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,But bears it out even to the edge of doom.But the poem ends:If this be error, and upon me proved,I never writ, nor no man ever loved.That is: Shakespeare doesn't need to prove his point - since anyone who has ever been in love already knows that this idea is untrue. (And in fact, if you can believe such nonsense, you might as well also believe that Shakespeare never wrote the poem you have just read).
A lot of them have to do with the transience of youth and beauty, number XVIII for example. A number are love-poems, such as number XX, or number CXVI. Some are commentaries on Art and Reality, such as number LXXXIII or the exquisite CXXX.
iambic pentameter
Iambic pentameter.
Shakespeare, Sonnet CXVI (141). In this sonnet Shakespeare talks about the constancy of true love. "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..."
In Sonnet CXVI Shakespeare doesn't prove that Love is not Time's fool.Shakespeare suggests:Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,But bears it out even to the edge of doom.But the poem ends:If this be error, and upon me proved,I never writ, nor no man ever loved.That is: Shakespeare doesn't need to prove his point - since anyone who has ever been in love already knows that this idea is untrue. (And in fact, if you can believe such nonsense, you might as well also believe that Shakespeare never wrote the poem you have just read).
They are equivalent to 115 = cxvi or as CXVI
CXVI is the equivalent of 116 in Hindu-Arabic numerals.
It means: 100+10+5+1 = 116
The Roman numeral "CXVI" represents the number 116. In Roman numerals, "C" represents 100, "X" represents 10, and "V" represents 5. Therefore, "CXVI" is a combination of these numerals to express 116.
116 = CXVI
116 x 10 = 1160 or MCLX
A lot of them have to do with the transience of youth and beauty, number XVIII for example. A number are love-poems, such as number XX, or number CXVI. Some are commentaries on Art and Reality, such as number LXXXIII or the exquisite CXXX.
100 + 10 + 5 + 1 C + X + V + I CXVI