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Tiffany Cunillera
HUM 1020-02Z
Karen Schaefer
Short Essay 3
Complications in love
This is a sonnet by William Shakespeare. That thou hast lost her,
it is not all my grief, and yet it may be said that I loves her dearly. This means that the thought of losing his love is
more painful than actually losing her. That she hath thee, is of my wailing chief, a loss in love that touches me more nearly.
The thought of losing her to another man is what is bothering him so much. Loving offenders, thus I will excuse
ye: Thou dost love her, because thou knowst I love her; and for my sake even so doth she abuse me, Suffering my friend for
my sake to approve her. He is insecure about another man loving her but I think he knows that she only loves
him.
If I lose thee, my loss is my love's gain,
and losing her, my friend hath found that loss; both find each other, and I lose both twain, and both for my sake lay on me
this cross. If he loses her he has lost and he is using sarcasm by saying “my loss is my loves gain.” He feels
burdened because he thinks she is playing a game, he believes she is getting something out of flirting with
another man . But here's the joy; my friend and I are one; Sweet flattery! then she loves but me alone. The ending is amazing
because he is saying all of this but he knows she truly loves him and he is using flattery to poke fun of him.
Word Count: 257
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