Sonnet #8

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Music to hear, why hearst thou music sadly?
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Sweets with sweets war not, joy delights in joy.

A
Music, in this piece, is
used by the author to
B
explain to his muse
why they should not
choose to stay single. Why lovst thou that which thou receivst not gladly, A
Or else receivst with pleasure thine annoy?
The strings are a
comparison between
the partner's
relationship, and a
musical harp. In
harmony, the muse
and their partner
would work together
to create a family,
just as the strings on
a harp do to make
music.

If the true concord of well-tuned sounds,

The addition of an
anapest-meter,
within the first line
was added to
complete the
author's question in
B one line rather then
two.
C

By unions married, do offend thine ear,

They do but sweetly chide thee, who confounds

In singleness the parts that thou shouldst bear.

Mark how one string, sweet husband to another,

Strikes each in each by mutual ordering,

Resembling sire and child and happy mother

The speechless song,

F
Who all in one, one pleasing note do sing:
being many, seeming
one is talking about Whose speechless song, being many, seeming one, G
how music, such as an
orchestra has no singer, Sings this to thee: Thou single wilt prove none. G
hence speechless.
This couplet additionally shows euphony by
Although there are many
concluding with the thought of a speechless song
parts to it, they different
or the happy sounds of harmonious instruments
parts of the band are in
which could, in reference, reflect as the happy,
unison, seeming one.
harmonious
nature of the family lifestyle as the
This resembles the act
author
had
been
trying to prove throughout the
of marriage where the
piece of writing.
couple, being two
different people, come
together and act as one.

Overall Theme: Happiness will come to

those who find others to share it with.

The last two lines

of the sonnet, the
couplet, are here
to conclude the
authors message:
happiness will not
be achieved until
you choose to
marry.