Sonnet 116?

Question

What is Shakespeare saying in the first quatrain? I understand the rest of the sonnet just not this part.

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds.
Or bends with the remover to remove.

Answer 1

here are sites that translate shakespeare into modern english:
http://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/shakespeare's_sonnet116.htm
http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/shakespeare/section13.html

Answer 2

The Sonnets of William Shakespeare

"a Booke called Shakespeare's sonnettes".

The Sonnets of the Bard appeared, without his permission, in 1609 and advertised as "never before imprinted". The publisher, although reputable, clearly wanted to make use of the celebrity of Shakespeare who by 1609 was a famous member of the Globe Theatre and could count royalty amongst his patrons.

http://www.william-shakespeare.info/william-shakespeare-sonnets.htm

This is the web site of Shakespeare's sonnets

http://www.shakespeares-sonnets.com/icomm.htm

Here you will find the text of each Shakespeare sonnet, in addition to an analysis of the sonnet and a translation of the sonnet into contemporary English.

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/

http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/shakesonnets/

Answer 3

Umm...is your picture bare from the waist down?