The poem ends with the couplet pointing out that though all men are aware that love in action may provide pleasure, it ends with a deep wretchedness but still they can't resist. The moment lust is satisfied, it is despised the way a fish might despise the bait it has swallowed. The sonnet begins with a howl of disgust, as the poet condemns the experience, listing negative aspects of lust in anticipation: It can cause a man to be dishonest, brutal, shameful, savage, and cruel. The sonnet in spirit resembles a passionate dramatic monologue, and seems to be expressed by a man who looks back at such an act of love with bitter fury at its contrasting aspects. Sonnet 129 considers the emotional experience of the act of physical love as it progresses in time: first the anticipation of lust, then the consummation, followed by the complete shift in mood of the aftermath. It is considered one of the "Dark Lady" sonnets (127–152). Sonnet 129 is one of the 154 sonnets written by William Shakespeare and published in the 1609 Quarto.
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