Shakespeare draws comparisons between true love and nature as he compares it to a 'star' (116 l.7) that guides 'every wand'ring bark' (116 l.7). This comparison is interesting on two levels, the first being that Shakespeare appears to have shown careful consideration in his choice of a star as the point of comparison with true love, in that a star is one of the brightest examples of beauty found in the natural world, thus drawing credence to his description of love as a shining beacon for the 'wand'ring' (116 l.7) souls of the world. This theme of love being a symbolical beacon of guidance and shelter is something that is found elsewhere in literature, Tennyson does so in his poem 'Break, break, break', when he comments on 'stately ships' [3] retreating to 'their haven under the hill' (Bre l.10). It also works more significantly on the basis that a star is a heavenly body giving true love an almost heavenly and other worldly quality. The next line reaffirms the idea of true love as a mysterious and other worldly entity. As it is stated that it defies any attempt to decipher it's material value. This despite the fact that it is a thing of worth and indeed substance as its 'height' (116 l.8) can 'be taken'