William Shakespeare - Sonnet 60

Sonnet 60

William Shakespeare, in Sonnet 60 reveals his critical attitude toward time itself and in his message he attempts to explain the nature of time as it passes , and as it acts on human life, and realize that there is not enough time in our lives to fulfill all one's desires. He suggests that in time all things will come about using maturity as a main example in what could happen over time.

Throughout Sonnet 60 William Shakespeare demonstrates that time is inevitable and soon things will come about. For example, in lines 9-11 Shakespeare reveals a strong tone towards what time can do to beauty through the metaphor of “Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth, And delves the parallels in beauty’s brow, Feeds on the rarities of nature’s truth…” The words “doth transfix” and “parallels in beauty’s brow” in this line clearly express that time makes beauty age. The poem also depicts that time does not necessarily makes beauty wrinkled but could still be beautiful in other aspects.

In addition, Shakespeare is deliberately showing how throughout time in a couple years there will be nothing to matter because nothing is built to last forever. All things will eventually come to an end. In sonnet 60 William Shakespeare uses analogies and references such as “Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, So do our minutes hasten to their end…” In this piece in lines 1 and 2 in Sonnet 60 it illustrates an example of how waves always come to the beach that so will the time of people. It shows us a clear example that we should be counting the minutes of our lives and realize that one should make the most of it due to the very fact that everything will come to an end in time.

Moreover, in the second quatrain it speaks about the unfairness that time is and how it is only limited and not everlasting for everyone and everything. The antithesis in lines 9 through 12

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