William Shakespeare, born 1564 and died 1616, wrote one hundred and fifty-four sonnets in his lifetime. Shakespeare's sonnets 127 to 152 are said to be about the Dark Lady. Shakespeare seemed to have mixed feelings about this Dark Lady who was not a portrait of his real wife. (Absolute Shakespeare, 2005) This article will discuss Shakespeare's Sonnet 138, “When my love swears that it is made of truth.” This Petrarchan sonnet has the rhyme scheme ABAB, CDCD in the octave and EFEF, GG in the sestet. The fourteen-line sonnet made its first appearance in William Jaggard's book entitled “The Passionate Pilgrim”. This article will argue against Edward A. Snow's article on “Love of Comfort and Despair: A Reading of Shakespeare's Sonnet 138”. Snow believes that Sonnet 138 transforms “cynicism and despair” into an “affirmative and idealistic” vision of romance (Snow, 462). However, this article challenges Snow's opinion on Sonnet 138 with a different judgment on the Shakespearean sonnet. The argument is that the sonnet expresses a refusal to acknowledge the truth and portrays the idea of ​​an imperfect relationship, as opposed to perfect love. The first two lines of the sonnet read "When my love swears that she is made of truth/I believe her, though I know she lies" (Shakespeare, 1-2). In my opinion these two lines tell of the author's knowledge of the betrayal of his lover. The author is aware of her deceitful ways; however, he claims to "believe" her and does not let her know that he is aware of her falsehoods. The language used by Shakespeare expresses a satisfied attitude towards the situation of the relationship. so it has no desire to discuss or tell his lover his knowledge. In contrast, Snow writes... in the middle of the paper... the idea of ​​an imperfect relationship in Sonnet 138 is different from what we are accustomed to seeing in other poems and plays. Perhaps Snow failed to see that this different portrayal of love is not unpleasant or distressing, as long as the lovers are comfortable with each other Works Cited “Shakespeare absolute ". Absolute Shakespeare. Np, 2005. Web. 20 November 2013. .De Grazia, Margreta. “Interpreting Shakespeare's Sonnets”. PLMA. 100.5 (1985). 810-812. JSTOR.Web.Mabillard, Amanda. "Shakespeare online." Shakespeare online. Np, 2000. Web. 20 November 2013. .McIntosh, Hugh. “The social masochism of Shakespeare's sonnets”. JHUP. 50.1 (2010).109-125. JSTOR.Web.Snow, Edward A. “Love of Comfort and Despair: A Reading of Shakespeare's Sonnets. ELH. 47.3 (2007).462-483 JSTOR.Web.