Shakespeare's words prove that he is not an active homosexual: “Adding one thing, nothing to my intention. » The couplet of words at the end of the poem is Shakespeare's humorous way of saying that the physical love between the young man and himself is ridiculous and improbable: "But since she pricked you for the pleasure of women/Mine be thy love, and thy love uses their treasure." Shakespeare realizes that his inexorable attraction to the young man is abnormal; therefore, he neglects his desires and allows the women to take advantage of his personal subject. Shakespeare illustrates in “Sonnet 20” a rather obvious dilemma He has obtained a charming mistress with whom he is in love and to whom he addresses his fervent verses But this mistress is “piqued” for women (Wells 20). which does not allow Shakespeare to directly state the subject of his poem; therefore, he maintains the anonymity of the subject Although Shakespeare faces this dilemma in his poem, it is very unlikely that he would have allowed himself to do so. to act according to one's homosexual impulses (Vendler