Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
~
Recalling
Three things that love is not according to Sonnet 116:
1. Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds .
-It isn't love if it quickly changes after any circumstance . Love remains unchanged, if it is real love .
2. Or bends with the remover to remove .
-Love cannot be removed by someone who is faithful to his or her lover, unless if it isn't true love .
3. Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken .
-Real love cannot be measured by anything, nor calculated . True love's value can never be reached by any other riches in this world .
4. Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks .
-Love doesn't fade within days, weeks, or years . True love lasts forever .
Things that love is according to Sonnet 116:
1. It is the star to every wandering bark .
-Love can lead someone to a brighter path to life .
2. O no! It is an ever-fixed mark that looks on tempest and is never shaken .
-True love may face hardships, but still remains true .
Interpreting
Love is represented by the star because just like the northern star, love may lead us to the correct path in life . Though following the path of love is risky, at the end of the journey all circumstances that we've surpassed will benefit and improve our love . That is how love helps the people who are lost in love to get back to the brighter side of their lives .
Extending
I do agree with the speaker's interpretation of love, because my point of view when it comes to love matches his thoughts about love.
