Here the poet is more specific: he sees the impact of time on a particular form of life. Comment on what the poet is saying in these lines, and on the imagery he uses. Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand. Time doth transfix the flourish set on youthĪnd delves the parallels in beauty's brow,Īnd nothing stands but for his scythe to mow:Īnd yet to times in hope my verse shall stand, Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore,Įach changing place with that which goes before,Ĭrawls to maturity, wherewith being crown'd,Ĭrooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight,Īnd Time that gave doth now his gift confound. He develops another theme in counterpoint to the theme of the passing of time. However, Shakespeare plays with the theme.
This was a conventional enough theme in Elizabethan poetry, and many of Shakespeare’s sonnets deal with this theme.
Here is a sonnet that could be used with ‘Sonnet 18’ (page 74 in your textbook) it is similar but also different! This sonnet is, clearly, about the passage of time, the impact of time.
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