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  • Who does his refer to in the line within his bending . . .
    In the line "within his bending sickle's compass come" from Sonnet 116, "his" refers to Time Time is personified in this poem, often depicted as the Grim Reaper carrying a sickle,
  • Sonnet 116 - Wikipedia
    The two feet of the compass represent the differences between permanent aspects of love and temporary ones These differences are explained as, "The physical lovers are caught in a changing world of time, but they are stabilized by spiritual love, which exists in a constant world of eternal ideals " [15]
  • Poem Guide with PDFs: Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare
    One’s rosy lips and cheeks will certainly pale with age as “his bending sickle’s compass come ” Shakespeare’s diction is important here, particularly with his use of the word “sickle ”
  • Shakespeares Sonnets Sonnet 116 Summary Analysis | SparkNotes
    In the third quatrain, the speaker again describes what love is not: it is not susceptible to time Though beauty fades in time as rosy lips and cheeks come within “his bending sickle’s compass,” love does not change with hours and weeks: instead, it “bears it out ev’n to the edge of doom ”
  • Analysis of Shakespeares Sonnet 116 - the marriage of true minds
    Within his bending sickle's compass come (10): i e , physical beauty falls within the range ("compass") of Time's curved blade Note the comparison of Time to the Grim Reaper, the scythe-wielding personification of death
  • What does Within his bending sickles compass come . . . - Answers
    The "C" sound in the alliteration Compass Come reinforces this harsh sound of the cutting, and deterioration of good looks
  • Shakespeares Sonnets
    Within his bending sickle's compass come; bending sickle - the sickle had a curved blade, and several meanings of 'bending' are appropriate, as 1 ) curved; 2 ) causing the grass that it cuts to bend and bow; 3 ) cutting a curved swathe in the grass
  • Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds (Sonnet 116) notes
    His bending sickle’s compass come: This is a reference to Time, often personified as an old man with a sickle (a curved blade) The “bending sickle’s compass” refers to the reach or range of Time’s sickle, symbolizing the passage of time and its effects




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