One day I wrote her name upon the strand (Sonnet 75) Themes
Immortality
At the heart of "Sonnet 75" is a dude who thinks that he can make his beloved live forever. How, you ask? Does he have an Elixir of Life? Has he found the Sorcerer's Stone? Not quite. This dude's g...
Literature and Writing
The speaker of "Sonnet 75" is a poet. Now, we're not going to say that the speaker necessarily is Edmund Spenser himself. Let's instead say that these two have a lot in common. And the main thing t...
Love
All you need is love. All you need is love. All you need is love, love. Love is… all you need. Despite what the Beatles wrote, love, in "Sonnet 75" is not all you need. You need immortal, forever...