Sonnet 141

Sonnet 141 is the informal name given to the 141st of William Shakespeare's 154 sonnets. The theme of the sonnet is the discrepancy between the poet's physical senses and wits on the one hand and his heart on the other. The "five wits" that are mentioned refer to the mental faculties of common sense, imagination, judgement and memory. The sonnet is one of several in which the poet's heart is infatuated despite what his eyes can see.