Thin_Line_Between_Love_And_Lust_Sonnet_128

Thin Line Between Love And Lust Sonnet 128 There is a Thin Line Between Love and Lust In Shakespeare’s sonnets the idea of love is a frequent topic. The love he normally speaks of is disclosing a sense of purity. However in sonnet 128 Shakespeare proclaims a pure love that can be viewed as promiscuous and lustful. At first sight sonnet 128 seems to contain an unalloyed love and desire for someone else. Nothing in the sonnet seems to have a negative tone intently. Actually the words written are flattering. Yet the poet turns the flattering to lust when the compliments are more gratifying for his sexual desire than any love that may be present. The sonnet is full of compliments of this sort. Ten of the fourteen lines that make up the sonnet are devoted to compliments. Except the compliments, instead of being gratifying are obsessive and sexual. “I envy those jacks that nimble leap to kiss the tender inward of thy hand” (128.5-6). He is addressing his wish to be the keys on the virginal she is playing exhibiting his over obsessiveness. The sexual sonnet, love, keys, 128, lust, lips, sonnets, sexual, line, desire, compliments, woman, vulgar, thy, seems, pure, promiscuous, playing, kiss, instead, hand, focus, body, between, attention, written, wood, viewed, true, touch, talent, stand, situation, shows, shakespeare’s