The poem
Those lips that Love's own hand did make Breathed forth the sound that said "I hate" To me that languished for her sake; But when she saw my woeful state, Straight in her heart did mercy come, Chiding that tongue that ever sweet Was used in giving gentle doom, And taught it thus anew to greet: "I hate" she altered with an end, That followed it as gentle day Doth follow night, who like a fiend From heaven to hell is flown away. "I hate" from hate away she threw, And saved my life, saying "not you."
The main theme is love
Sonnet 145 has a schematic difference in contrast with the other Sonnets. Its rhyme scheme aaaabcbcdedeff is quite unusual. However it is not only the rhyme scheme that is unfamiliar, but also the fact that it is written in tetrameters. This four footed verse is very dissimilar from pentameter and therefore it makes this part of the sequence unreadable. The sonnet itself does not contain any complication, or…
Read the whole commentSonnet 145 has a schematic difference in contrast with the other Sonnets. Its rhyme scheme aaaabcbcdedeff is quite unusual. However it is not only the rhyme scheme that is unfamiliar, but also the fact that it is written in tetrameters. This four footed verse is very dissimilar from pentameter and therefore it makes this part of the sequence unreadable. The sonnet itself does not contain any complication, or emotional involvement. Its neighbours, Sonnets 144 and 146 have serious matter to discuss but this short plot is broken to half by Sonnet 145. This would be normal in postmodern, but the era we deal with is Shakespeare’s. On the other hand, line thirteen of this Sonnet contains the popular phrase “hate away” that is believed to be a commitment on Shakespeare’s wife, Anne Hathaway. After including his wife in the sequence and thinking about the wrecked marriage and all the happiness he has lost and cannot regain, Sonnet 145 may be an uninspired cry for help.