In most of the sonnets of Shakespeare's time, love is a common theme. The writing is a standard Shakespearean form, the rhyme scheme and meter deviate from the typical sonnet structure; although the form doesn't differ much, the central meaning and approach to love does. While most sonnets are about love for someone else, in sonnet 116 Shakespeare describes the truth of love between a couple. In “Suffer me not the marriage of true minds” Shakespeare uses legal terms to support their right to marriage and supports his point by employing solid metaphors regarding their love. In doing so, he allows the reader to be the judge, jury, and executioner and decide the fate of the couple in the poem. While many sonnets employ the use of metaphors, the tone of Sonnet 116 is unique because it resembles that of an opening statement in a legal argument. First, when the speaker says, “I will not suffer myself to admit obstacles to the marriage of true minds,” (1-2) he opens his argument by stating his position. He believes that no true lover should be left unmarried. In doing so, it reminds the reader or potential jury that the couple in the poem deserves to get married. He captures the reader's attention when he exclaims, "Oh no!" (5). This links the description of what a fake love is and a metaphor for their love. In doing so, it reinforces the contrast between their love and false love. As any good lawyer would, Shakespeare concludes the sonnet with a persuasive closing statement. The final couplet concludes his discussion and is the final support for the couple. He concludes his defense of lovers by saying, “If this is a mistake and it has been proved to me / Then I never wrote, nor did anyone ever love” (13-14). Its ending reinforces how they…half of the paper…show that their love hasn't changed in the past and won't change in the future. In summary, while Sonnet 116 is like most sonnets in that it describes love, the speaker advocates for a specific love, the love of an unmarried couple. By incorporating metaphors into his writing, the speaker strengthens his point by providing evidence of their love. Throughout his argument he contrasts false love with true love as a couple. Ending with a typical rhyming couplet, it provides an ultimate truth about the strength and truth of the couple's love. When Shakespeare attempts to explain a couple's love, he takes on a forensic tone, using metaphors along the way to support his point. It ultimately leaves it up to the reader to decide whether the couple's love is legal to allow them to question the truth of love and what separates it from a false love based on lust..