Shakespeare's words prove that he is not an active homosexual: "Adding one thing, to my purpose nothing." The play couplet at the end of the poem is Shakespeare's humorous way of saying that the physical love between him and the young man is ridiculous and unlikely: "But since she has pricked you for women's pleasure / Mine be yours love, and your love uses their treasure." Shakespeare realizes that his unrelenting attraction to the young man is abnormal; therefore, he neglects his desires and allows women to enjoy his personal topic. Shakespeare exemplifies in "Sonnet 20" a rather obvious dilemma. He has obtained a lovely mistress with whom he is in love and to whom he addresses his fervent verses. But this mistress is “pricked” for women (Wells 20). It is this dilemma that does not allow Shakespeare to directly state the subject of his poem; therefore, it maintains the anonymity of the subject. Although Shakespeare addresses this dilemma in his poetry, it is highly unlikely that he allowed himself to act on his homosexual impulses (Vendler