All commands from your lips are sweet, I say, and now have you not said the sweetest of all? Marry you...!
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Interpretation
The speaker frames the beloved’s words as “commands,” suggesting a relationship dynamic in which the beloved’s wishes carry irresistible authority. Calling those commands “sweet” turns obedience into pleasure, implying devotion rather than coercion. The climactic turn—“have you not said the sweetest of all? Marry you...!”—treats a marriage proposal (or acceptance) as the ultimate utterance, the pinnacle of verbal intimacy. The ellipsis and exclamation convey breathless astonishment and joy, as if the speaker is savoring the words while scarcely believing them. Overall, the line dramatizes romantic surrender: language itself becomes the vehicle of commitment, and marriage is presented as the consummating “speech-act” that transforms desire into a binding union.




