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Definition excerpt
Define love through steadiness rather than sentiment alone.
Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds.
Say it: Keep the line conversational; the repeated word does the work.
Historical lessonWeddingFormal
Sonnet 116
Shakespeare defines enduring love by showing what it refuses to do when circumstances change.
- Speaking time
- 6 sec
- Words on this page
- 10
Speaker’s notebook
Why it works
- 1It defines a value by the test it survives.
- 2The repetition makes the thought feel inevitable without overexplaining it.
- 3The line is brief enough to introduce and then connect to a real couple’s story.
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