Sigh No More, Ladies poem analysis
Poem- Sigh No More, Ladies
This short, light song on men's inconsistency in love is taken from the well-known romantic comedy Much Ado About Nothing(Act-III, Scene-iii) by the well known playwright and poet William Shakespear. It is sung by Balthazar, the servant to Don Pedro, prince of Arragon for his master's pleasure.
Shakespeare wrote numerous excellent songs, sad and gay, his plays, whether tragedies, comedies or romance.
In this poem Poets have always praised the faithful lover. People expect lovers to be loyal and faithful to each other. Therein lies love's greatness and glory. Shakespeare himself, in his poems and plays, has highlighted the virtue of constancy in love.
Through this poem poet try to represent a real-life issue, people are known to deceive and desert each other in love. Perhaps men are more often guilty in this regard than women. The deserted woman presents a gloomy picture of grief and depression. The song given here is addressed to ladies in such a woeful condition. The speaker calls upon such women to shake off their sadness, to accept reality and regain mirth and langhter in life. This light hearted but realistic theme of the poem.
Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more.
Men were deceivers ever,
One foot in sea, and one on shore,
To one thing constant never.
Then sigh not so, but let them go,
And be you blithe and bonny,
Converting all your sounds of woe
Into hey nonny, nonny.
Sing no more ditties, sing no more
Of dumps so dull and heavy.
The fraud of men was ever so
Since summer first was leafy.
Then sigh not so, but let them go,
And be you blithe and bonny,
Converting all your sounds of woe
Into hey, nonny, nonny.
This short, light song on men's inconsistency in love is taken from the well-known romantic comedy Much Ado About Nothing(Act-III, Scene-iii) by the well known playwright and poet William Shakespear. It is sung by Balthazar, the servant to Don Pedro, prince of Arragon for his master's pleasure.
Shakespeare wrote numerous excellent songs, sad and gay, his plays, whether tragedies, comedies or romance.
In this poem Poets have always praised the faithful lover. People expect lovers to be loyal and faithful to each other. Therein lies love's greatness and glory. Shakespeare himself, in his poems and plays, has highlighted the virtue of constancy in love.
Through this poem poet try to represent a real-life issue, people are known to deceive and desert each other in love. Perhaps men are more often guilty in this regard than women. The deserted woman presents a gloomy picture of grief and depression. The song given here is addressed to ladies in such a woeful condition. The speaker calls upon such women to shake off their sadness, to accept reality and regain mirth and langhter in life. This light hearted but realistic theme of the poem.
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