blog writing #love language of shakespeare

Shakespeare often interweaves the theme of love in his stories through his utilization of love languages. He often juxtaposes passionate love with uncontrollable conflicts through his own elaboration of language devices and images. “Sonnet 130” is his famous sonnet to his mistress, the portrait of the lady is shown through a series of poetic languages. Likewise, in “Twelfth Night”, romantic love is also the main theme in the play with love and pain leading to a happy ending. As a result, although Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 130” and “Twelfth Night” are not discussing love precisely the same way, Shakespeare explores several conventions with the utilization of love language, through the use of diction, sentence structure, and utilization of poetic devices including similes and metaphors.