Sonnet 55 Reflection

Again in this sonnet, Shakespeare focuses on how he can preserve the young man’s beauty forever in his poems. The idea of preserving it through a family is long gone and you now see the relationship between Shakespeare and the young man develop throughout time. I feel as though Shakespeare was rather bold in this, maybe even pompous. There are few people in this world that truly irritate me, but those that do are pompous in that they know they are good at something and go around bragging about it to the world. Shakespeare makes the claim that the young man will outlive princes and leaders who are glorified in statues because statues break down, but his poetry will live forever. It is strange to me that Shakespeare is so certain his poetry will last so long (although it is evident today that he was completely correct). I have to wonder if the young man actually gave thought to what Shakespeare said, or if he just dismissed the idea.