Analysis of sonnet 153Cupid lay down next to his mark and fell asleep. ;Who borrowed from this sacred fire of LoveA timeless and lively heat, yet to be borne, And grew a seething bath that men still prove Against strange maladies a sovereign cure.But in my mistress's eyes the brand new fire of 'Love, the boy for the test needs would touch my chest. I, sick above all, desired the help of a bath, and there I ran, a sad sick guest; but I found no cure: the bath for my help is found where Cupid caught new fire: my mistress. eyes.This and the following sonnet both share the theme of love through Cupid. The idea is not new, as it has been found in many poems. An example is taken from an epigram by Marianus Scholasticus from Henri Estienne's edition which shares the theme: "Under these plane trees Eros rested, kept in sweet sleep, after having given his torch to the nymphs to take care of them. 'What are we?' waiting?" the nymphs said to each other. "If only we could extinguish human hearts together with this same fire!" But since the torch also set the water on fire, from then on the nymphs of love poured hot water into the bathtub. " Speculation remains whether Shakespeare is the author of these two sonnets, but it has never been successfully proven. The source of these sonnets, whatever the author, still remains unknown, but I assume that scholars who debunk Shakespeare's authorship do so because it is quite simple in context, that is, there is not too much ambiguity. For simplicity, I will make a brief paraphrase of the three quatrains and the couplet. 1st: "Cupid fell asleep and one of Diana's maids (known for her chastity) tried to put out Cupid's fire in a pool of water"; 2nd: "The servant borrowed an infinite and vigorous fire, which continues to this day, and provided [to her dismay] a bath with healing properties"; 3rd: '(Cupid) would curiously touch my heart (leading me to deviate towards lust), unless within the sight of my lover, due to the newly discharged "brand of Love" [initiated].