WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S SONNET

William Shakespeare's Sonnet

William Shakespeare's Sonnet

Sonnet 15 shows time debating with decay to change youth to night. In this sonnet, Shakespeare defies time by “ingraft(ing)” (Sonnet 15) anew what time takes away from his love; by making her immortal with his pen even though the ravages of time might take over her physical self. He is constantly in war with time (Sonnets, 15, 16, 18, 19). Sonnet 55 refers to the end of time, doomsday, until when the Bard's beloved will be kept alive in these verses. Sonnet 60 once again returns to the theme of time as the destroyer ...