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Vocabulary in Sonnet 116

Vocabulary Examples in Sonnet 116:

Sonnet 116

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"wand'ring bark,..."   (Sonnet 116)

By “wand’ring bark” the speaker means a ship on the sea using the stars as tools for navigation. The second quatrain uses these navigation metaphors to portray the Love (which consists of a marriage between true minds) as guiding all other types of love.

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