How does the word squirrel contribute to the passages tone?

By comparing himself to a “squirrel”, the author creates a tone of panic because the squirrel part contribute to the panic that happens next.

in the sonnet 116 written by william shakespeare we can analyze the symbolism and say that he reuses the idea of love like a guiding star for the sailor.

reading through the poem we find out that in the line 7 there is a metaphor for the lover that is heading through the life events by love itself .