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Shakespeare's "Sonnet 50"
William Shakespeare's "Sonnet 50" ,on first read, is the story of a man on a sad journey, leaving a loved one and riding a horse that seems more reluctant to go than he does. Upon second evaluation one must ask, why would it pain the horse to leave? The answer is that the horse represents the writers heart. The trudging journey in the sonnet is a metaphor for the speakers grief ....
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.... more the speaker tries to force himself along, the worse his pain. Knowing this, in stanzas 13-14, the speaker says, "My grief lies onward, and my joy behind." He is leaving what makes him happy, therefore, he will be sad.
No one can be sure for what reason the speaker has to leave his friend. Perhaps they broke up or had to move away or maybe death was the cause. Whatever the case may be, the speaker knows that the journey is long and, like any other travel, there ....
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