Critical Analysis of "Love Is Not All".

Love is More Than Meat and Drink This sonnet attempts to convey to the reader that love is not tangible, though it is necessary for life and well being. It investigates situations of pain and misfortune and find none where love would make any difference. "Love Is Not All", explains that love is not a necessity, but that it's absence will cause a man to exist closer to death. Love is not an object, an …showed first 75 words of 471 total…

…showed last 75 words of 471 total…death. The writer then, unintentionally proves the last point made in the octet by having the sestet prove he would sell love for nothing. The writer would dare not trade love, in fear that the loss of love would cause death. Love is intangible and the lack of love would lead to death. Even if tempted by pleasurable things, no sane man would trade love for something other. Love is a powerful spirit of life.