Claim

Reference to eyes; saying

that when blind that is when
love is seen best

Sonnet 43
When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see,
For all the day they view things unrespected;

This line is both

cacophonous and
a paradox. Adds a
sharp sound after
the melody of the
triple euphony
Paradox that gives the
reader an impression of the
love that the author is
thinking about

But when I sleep, in dreams they look on thee,

And, darkly bright, are bright in dark directed.
Then thou, whose shadow shadows doth make bright

Problem

How would thy shadows form form happy show

To the clear day with thy much clearer light,
When to unseeing eyes thy shade shines so?

Another reference to eyes

How would, I say, mine eyes be blessd made
Evidence

Euphony given
three times adds to
the soft quality of
the poem

Repeated word
for effect and for
textual support
Allusion

By looking on thee in the living day,

When in dead night thy fair imperfect shade
Through heavy sleep on sightless eyes doth stay?

Paradox that
supports the
main theme of
the sonnet

All days are nights to see till I see thee,

Solution

And nights bright days when dreams do show thee me.

Euphony
Repetitive light imagery