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No Groove In The Gunsights
Always under the thumb of his dark mistress, the speaker struggles
beneath her power. Try as he may, he will never be able to break the tie of
lust between the two. His threats are not threatening to her, and he knows this.
His power is beneath her's, and he knows this as well. By threatening his
lover in the 140th sonnet, the speaker is merely admitting to his own
helplessness to which he is forever bound.
This appears to be the first sonnet in which he is taking a stand.
Never before has he spoken in such a threatening tone: "Be wise…do not press/My
tongue tied pa ....
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