Sonnet 75 (Response to Poem)

So are you to my thoughts as food to life,
Or as sweet-season'd showers are to the ground;
And for the peace of you I hold such strife
As 'twixt a miser and his wealth is found;
Now proud as an enjoyer and anon
Doubting the filching age will steal his treasure,
Now counting best to be with you alone, 
Then better'd that the world may see my pleasure;
Sometime all full with feasting on your sight
And by and by clean starved for a look;
Possessing or pursuing no delight, 
Save what is had or must from you be took.
Thus do I pine and surfeit day by day, 
Or gluttoning on all, or all away.


            Sonnet 75 written by William Shakespeare is very different. The comparison of want and food is compatible. The narrator has this urgent need to see this girl that he wants. The way he compares it to food is unique because in order for us humans to live, we rely on food  because we need it. Without food, we'll die. As I read this sonnet, I didn't have a hard time understanding it because it was very simple and easy to comprehend.
            "Sometime all full with feasting on your sight (line 9)" shows the comparison to food. The narrator talks about how they are full from the sight of whoever they want. The following line talks about how they long for a look or a glance from the person they want. The way both of these lines are phrased shows the desperate need and attention that the narrator is seeking. Throughout the sonnet, the sign of desperation keeps reoccurring. 
            The narrator of this sonnet makes me chuckle and laugh. They seem very indecisive about what they want. For example, "Now counting best to be with you alone,/Then bettered that the world may see my pleasure," shows how the narrator is very indecisive. They say how one moment it is best to be alone with who they want, but then another moment it is best for the world to see the pleasure that the narrator is having. It is almost like the narrator wants the world to see the beauty of this person, but then they also want this person to themselves. 
          This sonnet was really enjoyable to read. Most of William Shakespeare's sonnet are love based, but what made this one special was the comparison to food, which is something we as consumers depend on. The narrator's indecisiveness made a drive for this sonnet. The desperation shown shows how the narrator would "die" without the person they want. All in all, this sonnet was very unique and one of the best that I've read this year.