Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing, (87.1) / = ictus, a metrically strong syllabic position. × = nonictus. (×) = extrametrical syllable. There is critical debate over their effect. Helen Vendler proposes that the feminine endings, similar to their intermittent use in Sonnet 126, parallel "the poet's unwillingness to let the young man go". She notes that 12 of the 14 lines end with feminine rhymes. The movement between feminine and masculine endings, with the feminine endings receiving emphasis, enacts a longing on the part of the speaker for the young man to stay. Atkins adopts the view that the monotony of the feminine endings creates a somber tone of loss. Lines 2 and 4 are the only lines without feminine endings and they "ending as they do in pyrrhic feet, give the same elegiac effect". Beyond the frequent feminine endings, the meter is quite regular, but there are several significant cases in which, rather than the rhythm of the words determining the meter, the meter determines the rhythm of the words. This occurs especially in stretches of monosyllabic function words (like prepositions, conjunctions, and especially pronouns). The words at the beginning of line 5 could be emphasized in almost any combination and still deliver some sense; but when emphasized in accord with a regular meter, the reading "For how do I hold thee" underscores the antithetical rhetoric Shakespeare is known for. A similar effect can be heard in line 9's "thy own worth", and likely in line 13's "Thus have I had thee", emphasizing both the speaker's possession and its being past. Legal and financial imagery Critics commonly agree that Shakespeare uses legal imagery as a metaphor for the relationship between the speaker and the young man. Helen Vendler and Stephen Booth are of the same opinion that the legal terms of the sonnet frame the relationship between the speaker and the young man as a contract now void because of the beloved's realization of his greater worth. The relationship between the speaker and the young man is expressed in the language of legal and financial transaction: "possessing", "estimate", "charter", "bonds", "determinate", "riches", and "patent" —also "dear" and "worth" in the financial sense. Booth, in addition to the above, understands hold and granting in a legal and financial sense as well. Michael Andrews acknowledges the metaphorical use of legal and financial imagery like Vendler and Booth. However