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This 5 page paper analyzes Shakespeare's Sonnet 2, 55, 60 for concepts, themes and images of Time. Examples and quotes cited from texts. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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is wasted in a Shakespearian creation. There is always method to the madness, rhyme to the reason. And, so, it is no mere coincidence that Shakespeare mentions the singular word,
"time" more than eighty times throughout his sonnets. Thus, time becomes more than a mere poetic convention and, rather, takes a forward position on the bards stage. Of course,
this brings one to the ultimate conclusion that, if Shakespeare took such pains to use this word with such frequency, what was it that he was attempting to convey with
its use? Often with Shakespeares Sonnets, a sonnet with a certain tone will be immediately followed by a sonnet with the opposite tone or timbre, thus reinforcing the readers
conclusions about both. Therefore, singling out only ONE sonnet for study only gives the student half the validation and half the clues for unraveling what Shakespeare may have truly intended
for his message about time. The sonnets either build on, cancel out, or are shaped by each other as companion poems; a type of literary yin/yang.
Sonnet II, for example examines the effects of time: When forty winters shall besiege thy brow,
And dig deep trenches in thy beautys field, Thy youths proud livery so gazed on now, Will be a totterd
weed of small worth held(Shakespeare/Mabilliard). Time, in this sonnet, then, is a thief of beauty
and vigor. It withers mankind just as it withers the plants in the fields. The way that the fair head youth might fight a war against Time is to have
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