Sonnet 55

This poem is quite interesting. In this sonnet Shakespeare speaks of the ravages of war and the Gods which is quite rare for him. I think its very intriging that all of a sudden Shakespeare is referring to vilonce instead of summer days and flowers. I think that maybe its because Shakespeare is beginning to feel turbulent inside. Instead of telling the young man that he needs to procreate to live forever he tells that man that all he needs to live forever is the poems that he writes. I think that this is my favorite reference so far. I like how he compares eternity to monuments that get ripped down with time and tome stones that rub away. The last sentence is a little puzzling. "You live in this, and dwell in lovers' eyes." I think that Shakespeare is saying that he will live forever in his poem, but until the day he dies he can live in Shakespeares eyes because he has fallen for W.H.