In The Shakespearean Sonnet 1 The Speaker Is A Man Who Wants His Son To Pass On

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Term Paper Title	In The Shakespearean Sonnet 1 The Speaker Is A Man Who Wants His Son To Pass On
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      In the Shakespearean Sonnet 1 the speaker is a man who wants his son to pass on his

family’s beauty to the next generation. He points out every reason why his son

should have children. He argues everything from the young man making himself his own

enemy to simply having pity on the rest of world and fathering a child. The speaker in

this sonnet believes that the only way to preserve beauty is by passing it on from

generation to generation.

     In this sonnet the first quatrain explains the need for beauty to procreate. It states

“From fairest creatures we desire increase”-that is, that people want beautiful creatures to

reproduce in order to preserve their “beauty’s rose” for the world to enjoy. Then when the

parents of the boy perish, the boy will be able to continue sharing the family’s beauty

with the rest of the surviving world. It’s like passing on a family heirloom from

generation to generation so the entire family, the past and the future, can enjoy its’

beauty.

     In the second quatrain the speaker expresses disapproval of the young man because

the young man is not interested in procreating. The young man is too self-absorbed to

consider reproduction: he is “contracted” to his own “bright eyes,”. He feeds his “light’s

flame with self-substantial fuel,” th...

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