Sonnet 57

Shakespeare's 'Sonnet 57: Being your slave, what should I do but tend' enthused this piece for it's depiction of a dysfunctional relationship between the bard and the subject of the poem. In the poems extended royalty metaphor, he depicts the subject as "a sovereign" and himself as a "servant" hinting at the subdued and subservient dynamic he plays in their love hence the composition of one of the figures on the throne, and one at the others knees. Yet, although they share this unhealthy bond the bard ends the poem: "Though you do anything, he thinks no ill.", demonstrating that although his lover makes him a "sad slave" he still loves him so deary and therefore he still clings to the dress of his austere and stoney-hearted lover.