Whose worth’s unknown although HIS height be taken.”
If ships are considered female, the use of “his” (height) here would seem to indicate a male author talking about the constancy of focus of a man in love despite his vicissitudes; having earlier found “alteration”, it’s an enforced wandering. The…
Whose worth’s unknown although HIS height be taken.”
If ships are considered female, the use of “his” (height) here would seem to indicate a male author talking about the constancy of focus of a man in love despite his vicissitudes; having earlier found “alteration”, it’s an enforced wandering. The poet describes a man affirming his belief that society does not know his worth as one who loves, despite judging him on his appearance from the acreage of his sail.
An anthem for the constancy of unrequited love in Shakespeare’s perhaps most romantic of sonnets.
“It is the star to every wandering barque
Whose worth’s unknown although HIS height be taken.”
If ships are considered female, the use of “his” (height) here would seem to indicate a male author talking about the constancy of focus of a man in love despite his vicissitudes; having earlier found “alteration”, it’s an enforced wandering. The poet describes a man affirming his belief that society does not know his worth as one who loves, despite judging him on his appearance from the acreage of his sail.
An anthem for the constancy of unrequited love in Shakespeare’s perhaps most romantic of sonnets.