Berrigan's Sonnet LIII describes the temptations of human nature. People follow these temptations with closed eyes. They end up dealing with the consequences of their actions. They all dislike what has come out of it and nobody is happy. The passage says, "Everyone's suddenly pregnant and no one is glad!" However, they still love the temptation itself without giving a second thought of what the consequences are, we see this in the last line, "Fucking is so very lovely, Who can say no to it later?"
Shakespeare's Sonnet 115 shows how the narrator had once loved a girl, but then changed his mind and left her. Later, he then falls in love with her once again. He begins to describe how he truly loves her now. However, he ends up saying it might not last forever though. "Alas, why, fearing of Time's tyranny, Might I not then say,'Now I love you best.'" This line shows that he may love just for the day and end up with someone else later.
Mullen's Sonnet from Sleeping with the Dictionary is a very modern version of Shakespeare's Sonnet 130. Both sonnets describe a woman that the narrator has an unconditional love for. However, how they describe the girl is in a very different, if not rude, fashion. Mullen's version compares the girl to food and other unattractive things: Twinkies, Red Lobster, Shakey's Pizza Parlors, Liquid Paper, Slinkys, and garlic. One of the disgusting comparisons that is my favorite is, "And in some minty-fresh mouthwashes there is more sweetness than in the garlic breeze my main squeeze wheezes."
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