In sonnet 116 he uses three lines that have 11 syllables, one of these lines is line 12 "but bears it out even to the edge of doom" he ends this line on a feminine word, he did this to say that love is so strong it can overcome anything including "doom". He also uses 11 syllables in line 6 " That looks on tempests and is never shaken" by this he suggests that love is powerful enough to concur anything as long as it is pure.
In sonnet 130 he only uses one line that has 11 syllables which is line 13 " And yet, by heaven, i think my love as rare" he uses 11 syllables in this line because he uses the word "rare" it is also rare to use 11 syllables which is why he uses this.
These two sonnets both are to do with love but also saying that love is so powerful that it can overcome even the worst things in life but also love doesn't have to be shown from the outside, it is what comes from within that counts.
Like Ben you haven't referred to who you are writing about. You need to be more rigorously specific. Be careful you don't confuse words with syllables. The feminine stress falls on the word and syllable 'doom', but 'doom' is not a feminine word in its own right.
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Your points are clear and sum up the learning in the lesson well.