Shall i compare thee to a piece of classical writing?

A question about inter-textuality in love;

When we tell our darlings that they remind us of Shakespears 131st sonnet, or Byrons "To a girl, upon recieving a lock of her hair" (or worse, when we quote them with no admittion that this is not our writing at all!), to what extent should they feel... cared for? I mean, William doubtlessly didnt write the piece for them, so the only actual action that you, the quoter, have done is to read a sonnet, and presume its excellence upon someone else. In fact, you may have initially stumbled across the writing in question when perusing for your own pleasure, so all you have done for your girl is take the effort to rmember it, eloquate it, and bask in the reflected excellence. Basically, nothing.

Dont get me wrong - i (as a shit poet) can sympathise with a person who finds it hard to express just how one feels for the other, but i would never presume my literary knowledge upon a girl in order to impress her. It just seems like cheating.



Well, that was a fairly inconclusive rant.