Shakespeare's Sonnets

Shalespeares Sonnet # 116

How does time alter true love? What is the significance of the imagery "bending sickle's compass..."?

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Time cannot alter true love: it is eternal as the stars. The bending of "sickle compass" refers to love not being subject to the bondage of time.

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