Main Page	Extended Metaphor is a detailed and complex metaphor that extends over a long section of work. A metaphor brought up in the beginning of the poem is lust being of evil desire holding an image of sweet pleasure and deception. Lust is described as perjured, which means to tell a lie. As the feeling of lust makes you think its something romanticized, it's really not. Lust is also called "Murderous, bloody, full of blame, /savage extreme rude, cruel, not to trust" These descriptive words help the reader to understand that lust is to be blamed for caring a lie of emotions and feeling, during and before lust. In the poem, Shakespeare describes the desire "a bliss in proof" and then contradicts the statement by saying "A very woe". The contradiction is carried through out the poem in following lines. In the middle of the sonnet, the speaker voices " Past reason hunted" meaning the lust we find ourselves searching for with feelings, similar to love. "Past reason hated" being the remembrance of regret for such lust and unfolding the lies of what you thought you were feeling. In conclusion, through out the poem, it's this battle of pleasure possessing evil qualities and lust masking itself to be pleasurable. It's a win, lose situation of emotions one must carry in one's personal indulgences.
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