No Groove In The Gunsights Essay

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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 patience…" (140. 1-2). One might think that he is now revealing for the first time his yet unheard of power.

But he has no such power. He knows that his threats do not frighten her…so why does he even bother? Sure, he could untie his tongue and let the world know of her habits. However, no one would care. She is a dark lady—she and others like her are meant to be that way. He would only be telling what is already known. However, what she has to tell of him is not already known. Being a married man, he is not expected to have a mistress.

She is his only mistress. They both know this as well. If he were to lose her, he would have nothing left. She knows his lust for her—his need for her. She knows he lives for her darkness and for the pleasure he finds in her…temporary as it may be. Temporary yet lasting. There may be times when he thinks he can live without her, but the time comes again soon when he feels the familiar lust again. It is the lack of love which makes it temporary. However, it is the abundance of lust which makes it permanent.

He is only one of her many lovers. If...

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