"O gentle hand whose pressure rules over my heart." a line from Sonnet 199. Please explain the meaning and the symbolism in this line.
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"O gentle hand whose pressure rules over my heart." a line from Sonnet 199. Please explain the meaning and the symbolism
Answer:Sonnet 109′ is one of William Shakespeare’s 154 sonnets. It falls towards the end of a long series of sonnets dedicated to the Fair Youth, a young man whose identity is still unknown to this day. The poet, who many assume to be the speaker of the poems, addresses the young man throughout the series, starting out by berating him for not having a child, for wasting his beauty on things unworthy of him, but always ending up returning to their unfailing love
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