There is a lot going on within this sonnet. One of the first things to examine is that this sonnet would technically not be a traditional sonnet, seeing as the sonnet is comprised of fifteen lines instead of fourteen. However, it can be still be considered a sonnet due to the fact that the first line (or fifteenth, depending on one's literary lens) is more of an introduction than a true part of the sonnet, rather a meaningless prologue.
The center focus of this poem is that flowers take beauty away from humans, who originally created beauty in the world. I find it selfish to promote the ideology that humans create all of the beauty that other aspects of nature originate from. In this particular sonnet, Shakespeare writes that the flowers are stealing beauty from the breath, complexion, veins, and hair of his love. This sonnet overall expresses a certain passion for appearance.But is appearance really everything, in the scheme of life?
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