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No Groove In The Gunsights

Always under the thumb of his dark mistress, the speaker struggles
beneath her power. Try as he may, he will never be able to break the tie of
lust between the two. His threats are not threatening to her, and he knows this.
His power is beneath her's, and he knows this as well. By threatening his
lover in the 140th sonnet, the speaker is merely admitting to his own
helplessness to which he is forever bound.
This appears to be the first sonnet in which he is taking a stand.
Never before has he spoken in such a threatening tone: "Be wise…do not press/My
tongue tied patience…" (140. 1-2). One might think that he is now revealing for
the first time his yet unheard of power.
But he has ...

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her, he would have nothing left. She knows his lust for her—his need for
her. She knows he lives for her darkness and for the pleasure he finds in her…
temporary as it may be. Temporary yet lasting. There may be times when he
thinks he can live without her, but the time comes again soon when he feels the
familiar lust again. It is the lack of love which makes it temporary. However,
it is the abundance of lust which makes it permanent.
He is only one of her many lovers. If she were to loose him, she would
still have many others to satisfy her. She takes comfort in the fact that he
needs her and he remains under her thumb to almost any extent. The speaker
knows she has many lovers. He claims to hate her unfaithfulness, but in fact he
likes it. He likes the fact that she is nothing more than an object of sex…of
temporary pleasure. If she were really in love with him and were truly faithful,
he would be less attracted to her. The passion and the lust would be gone.
So ...

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Added: 9/10/2004 03:14:53 PM
Category: English
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