Sonnet 116 Shakespeare expresses ideas through the language and imagery in sonnet 162. It uses a variety of rhymes, images and tones to present his definition of true love. The sonnet follows the conventional abab rhyming form, using both full rhymes and half rhymes. Shakespeare employs half rhymes in the sonnet to express the value of love. Half rhymes are used for "love...remove" to show the incompleteness of love when there is an "alteration". The last …showed first 75 words of 729 total…

…showed last 75 words of 729 total…true love does exist. The couplet provides a summary of the argument that Shakespeare presents. Shakespeare's sonnet 116 has proven the validity of his definition of true love. His ideas are expressed throughout the poem and the many different variations of the definition of love are fully explored in the sonnet. The couplet sums up the sonnet with a challenge, even though the result, that Shakespeare's definition of love are correct, has already been decided upon.