Sonnet 2

This sonnet has a lot to do with aging and lost youth. I thought that it was clever that Shakespeare used the young man's age and beauty as a means to get him to procreate. The young man seeems as though he relishes his beauty and that he would like the idea of passing it on to a child. However at the same time this sonnet makes me wonder slightly about what the young man thinks is important. If the only reason to procreate is to preserve his beauty then those aren't the right reasons. He should want to have children with a woman that he cares about and because he wants to see them grow up. Not just beacuse he likes the way that he looks in the mirror. At the same time though I see why the sonnets are classical. Some of the sonnets are hard to understand. This one just flows and well sounds pretty. Now I understand why people read them and why they have lasted the test of time.