AS.225.215 Midterm: Sonnet 55 - Midterm Speech
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But you shall shine more bright in these contents. And broils root out the work of masonry, No(cid:396) ma(cid:396)s his s(cid:449)o(cid:396)d (cid:374)o(cid:396) (cid:449)a(cid:396)"s (cid:395)ui(cid:272)k fi(cid:396)e shall (cid:271)u(cid:396)(cid:374) Shall you pace forth; your praise shall still find room. That wear this world out to the ending doom. You li(cid:448)e i(cid:374) this, a(cid:374)d d(cid:449)ell i(cid:374) lo(cid:448)e(cid:396)s" eyes. Analysis: sonnet 55 is about time and immortalization, asse(cid:396)ts the i(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:396)tality of the poet"s so(cid:374)(cid:374)ets to (cid:449)ithsta(cid:374)d the fo(cid:396)(cid:272)es of de(cid:272)ay o(cid:448)e(cid:396) ti(cid:373)e. It is an impassioned burst of confidence where the poet claims to have the power to keep his f(cid:396)ie(cid:374)d"s (cid:373)e(cid:373)o(cid:396)y ali(cid:448)e fo(cid:396)e(cid:448)e(cid:396): sonnet 55 asserts the permanence of rhymes and verses. Of princes shall outlive the power of poetry; You shall shine more bright in these verses. And conflicts destroy the mason"s handiwork, the cause of war (mars) nor the effects of war (fire) shall destroy. The living record of your memory (this poem). Against death and destruction, which render people forgotten,
