Sonnet 15
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Shakespeare's Sonnet 15, a procreation sonnet
, is a reflection on the destruction of Time and Decay, and its effect on the young man to whom the sonnet is addressed. As Shakespeare explains, men, like plants, stay in a perfect state for only a brief period.
In the couplet Shakespeare says that he will wage war on time and, besides urging him to marry (and thus "immortalize" himself through having children), he will make the young man live on through his verse.
Procreation sonnets
The term procreation sonnets is a name given to Shakespearean sonnets numbers I to XVII .They are referred to as the procreation sonnets because they all argue that the young man to whom they are addressed should marry and father children, hence procreate...
, is a reflection on the destruction of Time and Decay, and its effect on the young man to whom the sonnet is addressed. As Shakespeare explains, men, like plants, stay in a perfect state for only a brief period.
In the couplet Shakespeare says that he will wage war on time and, besides urging him to marry (and thus "immortalize" himself through having children), he will make the young man live on through his verse.
Interpretations
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