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Second Quatrain
In lines 5-8 Shakespeare uses much less figurative language, but he make his point clear.
"Nay, if you read this line, remember not
The hand that writ it, for I love you so
That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot,
If thinking on me should make you woe.
What is he really saying?
How Does this affect the Theme?
In a more modern English:
"No, if you read this line, don’t remember who wrote it, because I love you so much that I’d rather you forgot me than think about me and became sad
This is near the middle of the sonnet and the theme is becoming more clear at this point it can be seen that all Shakespeare wanted if for the recipient to be happy -even after he is dead and gone.
In the first four lines on the sonnet, there are quite a few literary devices being used
"No longer mourn for me when I am dead
Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell
Give warning to the world that I am fled
From this vile world with the vildest worms to dwell"
The final Quatrain in this sonnet is simply a continuation of the message. What this means is that he is reiterating what he has already said. "But let your love even with my life decay"
What Does that mean?
In a modern sense Shakespeare is saying "Let you love die with me,"
When I am dead, mourn for me only as long as you hear the funeral bell telling the world that I’ve left this vile world to go live with the vile worms. No, if you read this line, don’t remember who wrote it, because I love you so much that I’d rather you forgot me than thought about me and became sad. I’m telling you, if you look at this poem when I’m, say, dissolved in the earth, don’t so much as utter my name but let your love die with me. Otherwise, the world, in all its wisdom, will investigate why you’re sad and use me to mock you, now that I am gone.
The Couplet
The last two line of this sonnet are "Lest The wise world should look into your moan/ And mock you with me after I am gone."
This sonnet is intend to be followed after Shakespeare has died. He is telling the recipient that he want him to completely forget him once he dies. He even says "But let your love even with my life decay" this clearly shows how he wants their love to be forgotten.
In Better Words
"For fear that the world should laugh at you're sadness, And mock us after I am dead."