Love’s Lustful Loss of Innocence Chris Isaac once wrote in his song, “Wicked Game,” “The world was on fire, nobody could save me but you. Strange what desire makes foolish people do.” Like the potent authority desire establishes in Isaac’s lyrics, two loves of equal attraction, one pure and angelic, and one corrupt, carnal and demonic, dominate and complicate the speaker’s every lustful, love-filled and worrisome thought in Sonnet 144. Unlike many sonnets …showed first 75 words of 2523 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2523 total…result. Though love can bring out the best in all of us, it can easily be tainted and expose the worst in all human beings. However, it is in his use of language that he adds both deeper meaning and complexity to this sonnet. Thus Shakespeare allows it to be interpreted and experienced differently by all who analyze it. In this process, he has created a unique intellectual and emotional experience for each individual reader.