The sonnets we read for class often had references to shipwrecks and the ocean, which this song also had; the song also used vivid imagery such as “fire flying from your hands”. Once can assume Sir Elton John did not mean literal fire. The song speaks of love and how it feels once someone finally falls in love; how powerful it can be. The song personifies stars as the singer and the beloved and “no shadows block the sun” – it is always light when he is with his beloved, which is also a common theme in the sonnets (shadows and light). It speaks of long-lost hearts and love and you can feel the yearning within the song as you can in the sonnets.
The album this song is from “Love Songs” released in 1996 by Elton John also features songs such as “Can You Feel the Love Tonight”, “Your Song”, “Daniel”, and “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me”. All of these songs have to do with love, some are romantic, Daniel is brotherly and a lot of them have pain within the words as the sonnets do:
Can You Feel the Love Tonight
Your Song
Daniel
Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
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