Oneness is the desire of all lovers, the finding of a soulmate. Shakespeare starts out by explaining that love does not change when it finds a change in circumstances. He goes on to say that when love encounters sufferings, it bears the suffering and comes out alive, it will always survive it. What makes it so beautiful is that it describes love as something everlasting. Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116 truly is a pure joy to read. It makes one wonder that love can definitely makes one blind. Given the circumstances, one knows for a fact that he may be in love with the wrong person, yet his love towards his beloved is as strong as stone and is immeasurable. When one is in love, no matter how difficult and unhealthy the relationship is becoming, one will be forever kind and patient to his partner with his every effort to rebuild the relationship; A relationship that is built with a strong foundation of true love. Just as the Bible states, “Love is kind. Love is patient. Love never ends.”
This poem could be interpreted as the persona's undying love for her beloved who begins to count the ways in which she loves him. By counting the number of ways, the persona is trying to show that the love in her heart for her soul mate is present in all her walks of life. It is a way of expressing the beautiful fact that everything in and around her leads her to that love. But as I can see it, there is something spiritual going on that is the heart of the poem. It is expressing love for God. Browning concludes the sonnet with “if God choose, / I shall but love thee better after death.” I sense a deep longing in this line, a longing to become united with God. It is one of my favorite love poems because for me, being united with the Divine is the most perfect moment which anyone could aspire.
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