In order to do this, the speaker invokes several elements from the natural world. Like sonnets 1 and 2, the speaker attempts to convince the young man to procreate in order to pass on his beauty to the next generation. It follows a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg. Style- The sonnet consists of 3 quatrains and a couplet. Personification: Line 11- ‘time’s scythe’ Line 8- ‘Borne on the bier with a white and bristly beard’ Line 1- ‘brave day sunk in hideous night’- refers to the setting of the sun. These images are juxtaposed into the speaker’s appeal to the young man, namely, procreation to preserve his beauty. It deals with the effect that time has on several beautiful things in the natural world. Sonnet 12 is a procreation sonnet in the ‘Fair Youth’ sequence. Also known as the Bard of Avon, his works include approximately 38 plays, including collaborations, 154 sonnets, and 2 long narrative poems, and some other verses of uncertain ownership. Often called England’s National Poet, William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest dramatist in the English language. He does this by invoking images of things that have been affected by the passage of time. The speaker makes an attempt to convince the young man to reproduce. This poem is one of Shakespeare’s procreation sonnets.
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