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Sonnet 116

by William Shakespeare

A meditation on true love as an "ever-fixed mark" that cannot be altered by time, circumstance or trouble; love that changes when it finds change is, the speaker insists, not love at all.

LoveConstancyTimeFaithfulness

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Edexcel IGCSE Literature (4ET1)

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4ET1 Component 1 (Unit 1) Section B, and the modular 4XET1. All sixteen are compulsory, not a choice. Expressly NOT part of 4EA1.

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All sixteen texts in Part 3 are compulsory.

Part 3 of the anthology, page 59.

Source: Pearson Edexcel International GCSE English Anthology, Issue 8, February 2026 (read 2026-09-19).