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Can love be considered an incurable disease?

What makes love so universal and where does it come from?

First Stanza

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B

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B

The little love-god lying once asleep

Laid by his side his heart-inflaming brand,

Whilst many nymphs that vowed chaste life to keep

Came tripping by; but in her maiden hand

Translation

Little Cupid was sleeping peacefully,

And next to him laid an love inducing torch,

Until a pure and innocent nymph

Came by and grabbed the flaming torch.

Second Stanza

C

D

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D

The fairest votary took up that fire,

Which many legions of true hearts had warmed;

And so the general of hot desire

Was, sleeping, by a virgin hand disarmed.

Third Stanza

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F

E

F

This brand she quenchèd in a cool well by,

Which from love’s fire took heat perpetual,

Growing a bath and healthful remedy

For men diseased; but I, my mistress' thrall,

Translation

Diana's nymph brought the torch to a cold water spring,

The torch had a special property that heated a nearby spring,

The hot bath cured any ailment and disease

But it cannot cure a special type of illness in men

Translation

Sonnet 154

The most curious nymph was intrigued by the torch,

Because it emitted love and warmth;

So the torch-bearer Cupid

Was still sleeping as the nymph held the torch.

The little love-god lying once asleep

Laid by his side his heart-inflaming brand,

Whilst many nymphs that vowed chaste life to keep

Came tripping by; but in her maiden hand

The fairest votary took up that fire,

Which many legions of true hearts had warmed;

And so the general of hot desire

Was, sleeping, by a virgin hand disarmed.

This brand she quenchèd in a cool well by,

Which from love’s fire took heat perpetual,

Growing a bath and healthful remedy

For men diseased; but I, my mistress' thrall,

  Came there for cure, and this by that I prove:

  Love’s fire heats water; water cools not love.

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Couplet

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B

  Came there for cure, and this by that I prove:

  Love’s fire heats water; water cools not love.

Translation

I have came to realize one thing:

Once love's fire is flaming, it cannot be stopped

Authorship and Info

  • It is not part of the fair youth or dark lady sonnets
  • A variation of sonnet 153
  • Shakespeare's authorship is questioned
  • Greek Mythology

Themes

  • Love is eternal
  • Love has no boundaries
  • Man and Woman

Why did we choose this sonnet?

We decided to choose sonnet 154 because this sonnet as well as sonnet 153 is often questioned whether Shakespeare truly has authorship of these two sonnets because of the change in subject. Also we are very interested in Greek Mythology and the theme of love and how it is displayed through the sonnet.

Work Cited

"No Fear Shakespeare: Sonnet 154." SparkNotes. SparkNotes LCC, n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2014.

"Shakespeare's Sonnets." Shakespeare's Sonnets. Oxquarry Books, 2001. Web. 10 Nov. 2014

Shakespeare Sonnet 154

Kyle Lacson & Josh Brown

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