Sonnet 61

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Sonnet 61

• By
• Ian, Kole, Richard

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Quatrain 1

• Is it thy will, thy image should keep openMy
  heavy eyelids to the weary night?Dost thou
  desire my slumbers should be broken,While
  shadows like to thee do mock my sight?
• Is it because you will it to be so that your
  image keeps open My sleepy eyes at night? Do you
  really want my sleep to be interrupted, While
  shadows of you taunt me?

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Quatrain 2

• Is it thy spirit that thou send'st from theeSo
  far from home into my deeds to pry,To find out
  shames and idle hours in me,The scope and tenure
  of thy jealousy?
• Do you send your spirit to me from wherever you
  are To watch all that I do, To find out how I
  spend my time to see if I am doing something you
  don't like? Is this how jealous you really are?

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Quatrain 3

• O no, thy love though much, is not so great,It
  is my love that keeps mine eye awake,Mine own
  true love that doth my rest defeat,To play the
  watchman ever for thy sake.
• But no! Your love may be strong, but it is not
  that great It is my own love for you that keeps
  me awake at night, My own true love that watches
  all that I do For your sake.

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Couplet

• For thee watch I, whilst thou dost wake
  elsewhere,From me far off, with others all too
  near.
• For you alone I watch, while you are waking
  somewhere far away, You are far from me, while
  others are too near.

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Work Cited

• Mabillard, Amanda. An Paraphrase of Shakespeare's
  Sonnet 61. Shakespeare Online. 2000. 8/11/13
  http//www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/61detail
  .html gt.