"Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks within his bending sickle's compass come; Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, but bears it out even to the edge of doom."
Could you also explain what it's saying?
2007-11-17 08:19:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
His: Time. Time has the bending sickle, Time has the hours and weeks.
I don't think "it" has antecedent.
A fool was a servant, almost a pet, that did what his/her master commanded. So " Love's not Time's fool" means Love doesn't come under the command of Time. Rosy lips and cheeks do--meaning looks do fade with time. (Compass means what a person (or in this case, what Time) is in charge of/has control over)
Love alters not with his (Time's) brief hours and weeks--so love doesn't change/fade over time, and even long times seem brief to Love. But bears it out--but hangs in there--even to the edge of doom. Till just before death.
2007-11-17 08:38:03 · answer #1 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
'His'refers to 'love'
'Bears it out' - no antecedent here, but the pronoun 'it' is used to avoid using a transitive verb without an object.
The whole thing is saying that love is not just a matter of physical attraction, although that is part of love [rosy lips and cheeks within his bending sickle's compass come] but that true love does not change as the person gets old ['even to the edge of doom']
2007-11-17 09:09:28 · answer #2 · answered by vilgessuola 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the antecedent of his is love. im stumped on the other part
2007-11-17 08:24:33 · answer #3 · answered by outerspacer194 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋