Probably the most famous writer of all time, William Shakespeare became famous for his plays and sonnets. These sonnets discuss everything from the importance of children to the problems of rival poets, and have even been divided into two distinct subgroups – those of the "Fair Youth" and those of the "Dark Lady" – due to the differences between the two. However, one common theme that runs through almost everyone is that of love. Illustrating and exemplifying love, Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 provides a classic example of this theme, as Shakespeare defines love and holds it up as a model of all good things. In Sonnet 116, or “Suffer me not the marriage of true minds,” Shakespeare uses personification and metaphor to convey his idea that true love is immutable and therefore never ends. William Shakespeare, the author of Sonnet 116, was born in April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. At the age of eighteen he married Anne Hathaway, who was six years his senior, and is said to have begun his career as an actor and playwright in 1592, when Henry VI was first produced and performed (Branam). Specifically writing plays such as Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare wrote thirty-seven plays in total, according to general consensus (Gibson). His sonnets, however, were also notable. Shakespeare began writing his sonnets around the same time he completed Romeo and Juliet. One of these is Sonnet 116, or “Suffer me not the marriage of true minds,” found in the “Beautiful Youth” section of his sonnets (Branam). Shakespeare's famous Sonnet 116 opens with the line, “Let not I to the marriage of true minds admit obstacles” (Shakespeare 1-2). This line...... half of the document....../login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=103331CSD12390108000259&site=lrc-plus>.Gibson, Rex, ed. The Sonnets. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Print.Krieger, Murray. "Poetry as a testament to immortality". Shakespeare's poems and sonnets. Np: Chelsea House Publishers, 1999. 55-57. Print.Leone, Bruno, et al., eds. Readings on the Sonnets. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1997. Print.Livingston, James. "Sonnet 116." Masterplots II: Poetry, revised edition. Ed. Phillip K. Jason and Tracy Irons-Georges. Revised ed. Np: Salem Press, 2002. Page no. Literary reference center. Network. March 6, 2012. .Vendler, Helen. The art of Shakespeare's sonnets. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1997. Print.