这首14行诗比较特别，主要是诗人用了一系列比喻，描述了本人的心理状态：比如像一只愤怒的野兽，或一个怯场的演员。总之是激情高昂的时候却不能准确地表达自己。最终，还是在说爱。
Sonnet 23
William Shakespeare
As an unperfect actor on the stage,
Who with his fear is put beside his part,
Or some fierce thing replete with too much rage,
Whose strength's abundance weakens his own heart;
So I, for fear of trust, forget to say
The perfect ceremony of love's rite,
And in mine own love's strength seem to decay,
O'ercharged with burthen of mine own love's might.
O! let my looks be then the eloquence
And dumb presagers of my speaking breast,
Who plead for love, and look for recompense,
More than that tongue that more hath more express'd.
O! learn to read what silent love hath writ:
To hear with eyes belongs to love's fine wit.
