Sonnet 133 Themes

Look. We have no idea if our speaker is actually "in love" with his mistress, or if he just really likes hooking up with her, despite the fact that she's also romantically involved with his BFF. (C...

So, Sonnet 133 is all about a torrid little love triangle between our speaker, his mistress, and his BFF. Obviously, there's going to be some talk about sex, right? Right. But, the funny thing abou...

In Sonnet 133, male friendship is a huge deal for our speaker. It's far more important to him than any romance he might have with a woman. Even though one of our speaker's BFF's is totally hooking...

"Torture" (30). "Torment" (8). "Wound" (2). "Slavery" (4). "Prison" (9). "Steel" (9). "Jail" (12). Those are just some of the words our speaker uses to describe how it feels to be caught up in a lo...