Opinion on Shakespeare's Sonnet 27

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Being a teenager myself, I had been letting myself falling in ‘love’ and also falling out of it. Yes, there were times where I had fallen too deep to the point love overtook everything. I did not sleep well, I did rest much – simply because I thought of him a little too frequent. And in Sonnet 27, Shakespeare did point out all these symptoms; the symptoms you have when you are very much in love. From what I have read, to Shakespeare, love was described as divinely beautiful. You would feel butterflies in your stomach, your lips would curve upward, and your eyes would gleam with an innocent desire. All these would lead up to one conclusion: you are in love. Despite all the sensations and adrenaline rushing through your veins, love is not a summer or spring all year long. It is magical, but it is not a fairytale. I have to admit, sometimes, when the world is too busy running its course, I forget what it is like to love and to be loved. Of course, we have other things to do, other things to think about – the world does not revolve around the ‘beloved’ alone. But then, I might not have yet experience the so-called true love. Previous attachments might have been a crush, or merely a puppy love as what others say. Still, puppy love or not, the hurt was visible. When ‘he’ walked away, when ‘he’ decided to betray, all my world seemed to crumble down – crashing me until I could no longer move. Because I loved him so. To say that love did not affect me the slightest was a lie, yet I could not help but think that love may be the element to pull you down. Maybe it was due to my past, maybe it was because I had to go through such pain; now, I no longer believe that love is as divine as described in this Sonnet. 3 years of loyalty, went down the drain with a simple act of betrayal. And love? It was no longer sufficient to tie between two souls. People would say: love would
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