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In the first lines of ‘Sonnet 153,’ the second to last of Shakespeare’s sonnets, the speaker begins by referring to Cupid, the Roman god of love. He describes Cupid laying down his torch and falling asleep. While sleeping, a maid of Diana took advantage of his weakness and stole his “love-kindling fire.”.
In the third quatrain, Cupid relights his torch with the eyes of the dark lady and tests it out on the narrator, who as a result falls victim to the burning disease of love; cf. "My love is as a fever" (sonnet 147). (Note that in sonnet 154 the narrator similarly does not appear until line 12.)
In the first lines of ‘Sonnet 154,’ the last of Shakespeare’s sonnets, the speaker begins by once more describing Cupid. This sonnet starts similarly to the previous one. The speaker tells a story about Cupid and Diana’s maids. This time, while he’s sleeping, the maids go walking by.
31 Ιουλ 2015 · Contents. Sonnet 153. 153. Synopsis: This sonnet uses an ancient parable to demonstrate that love’s fire is unquenchable. It goes on to argue that only the mistress’s eyes can cure the poet. Cupid laid by his brand and fell asleep. A maid of Dian’s this advantage found, And his love-kindling fire did quickly steep.
Synopsis. Sonnets 153 and 154 are filled with rather bawdy double entendres of sex followed by contraction of a venereal disease. [2] The sonnet is a story of Cupid, who lays down his torch and falls asleep, only to have it stolen by Diana, who extinguishes it in a "cold valley-fountain."
This is a short summary of Shakespeare sonnet 153. Continue reading for complete analysis and meaning in the modern text. For the complete list of 154 sonnets, check the collection of Shakespeare Sonnets with analysis.
But what is the meaning of the tale of Eros and Psyche? The story of Cupid and Psyche appears to harbour some deeper significance: after all, it is about the soul (Psyche) joining with love (Eros) but only on the condition that the soul does not see love face-to-face.
