In the middle sonnets of the young man sequence the poet tries to immortalize the young man through his own poetry (the most famous examples being Sonnet 18 and Sonnet 55). The first two of these underlying themes are the focus of the early sonnets addressed to the young man (in particular Sonnets 1-17) where the poet argues that having children to carry on one's beauty is the only way to conquer the ravages of time. Time, thou shalt not boast that I do change:īlind fool, Love, what dost thou to mine eyes,Īlthough love is the overarching theme of the sonnets, there are three specific underlying themes: (1) the brevity of life, (2) the transience of beauty, and (3) the trappings of desire. Whether doth my mind, being crown'd with you, Is strengthen'd, though more weak in seeming Parts of thee that the world's eye doth viewĪrt thou, Muse, that thou forget'st so long The waves make towards the pebbled shore,īrass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea The top ten greatest sonnets by William Shakespeare, selected by Dr Oliver Tearle Previously, weve analysed a good number of Shakespeares sonnets here at Interesting Literature, offering a brief summary and analysis of the sonnet in question and exploring its most significant points of interest. Here you will find the text of each Shakespearean sonnet with commentary for most. The Sonnets are Shakespeare's most popular works, and a few of them, such as Sonnet 18 ( Shall I compare thee to a summer's day), Sonnet 116 ( Let me not to the marriage of true minds), and Sonnet 73 ( That time of year thou mayst in me behold), have become the most widely-read poems in all of English literature. Analysis of Shakespeare's Sonnets and Paraphrase in Modern English
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