


Similarly, true love’s worth cannot be measured.Make a list of personal goals. One can take the height of the pole-star but cannot gauge its worth. With its steadfastness and constancy it is the ideal for all lovers. True love, like the pole-star, guides all lovers. The polestar, in the face of such disturbance, remains steadfast and guides the ships and the sailors. Ships drift in the dark, searching for direction. Storms or tempests cause havoc on the sea. True love, according to Shakespeare is, like the pole-star, or the lighthouse, is an ever-fixed mark. In other words, no external force or influence, however strong, can sever the bond between true minds united in love. No remover can remove, can even bend true love.

Once two true minds get united in love, nothing can change or separate them. Love that changes when circumstances change is not love. Such union of true minds overcomes all obstacles. True love, believes and affirms the poet, is the union of true minds. Shakespeare’s sonnet number 116 “True Love” presents the poet’s idea of true love.
