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The Timeless Beauty of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 17

Shakespeare’s Sonnet 17 reflects on the challenges of immortalizing beauty through verse. The poet laments the inadequacy of words to capture the essence of a beloved's features, pondering if future generations will believe in the truth of his praises. He weaves a poignant argument about the fleeting nature of beauty and the permanence of art, suggesting that only through his poetry can the beloved achieve a form of immortality. This sonnet is a testament to the struggle of the artist to convey profound love through fragile language.

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The Timeless Beauty of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 17

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  1. Shakespeare’s Sonnet 17

  2. Who will believe my verse in time to come

  3. Ifitwerefilledwithyourmost high deserts?

  4. Though yet heaven knows it is but as a tomb

  5. Whichhidesyour life and showsnothalfyourparts

  6. If I couldwrite the beauty ofyour eyes

  7. And in freshnumbersnumberallyourgraces

  8. The age to come would say, “This poet lies:

  9. Suchheavenlytouches ne’ertouchedearthlyfaces”

  10. So shouldmypapers, yellowedwiththeirage

  11. Be scorned like old men of less truth than tongue,

  12. And your true rights be termed a poet’s rage

  13. And stretchèdmetreofanantiquesong:

  14. Butwere some childofyoursalivethattime,

  15. Youshould live twice, in it and in myrhyme.

  16. The Shakespeareansonnet projectby Giulia Lavarda, January 2008

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