Sonnet 11

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Sonnet 11 by William Shakespeare

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Sonnet 11 in the 1609 Quarto.

Sonnet 11 picks up the theme of the sequence, urging the Fair Youth to marry and procreate. It continues many of the ideas of the previous sonnets, but there is an interesting new metaphor, that of “seal” or stamp, as in “seal of approval”. The speaker urges that this...

Sonnet 11 Annotated

As fast as thou shalt wane, so fast thou grow'st
In one of thine, from that which thou departest;
And that fresh blood which youngly thou bestow'st,
Thou mayst call thine when thou from youth convertest.
Herein lives wisdom, beauty, and increase;
Without this folly, age, and cold decay:
If all were minded so, the times should cease
And threescore year would make the world away.
Let those whom nature hath not made for store,
Harsh, featureless, and rude, barrenly perish:
Look whom she best endowed, she gave the more;
Which bounteous gift thou shouldst in bounty cherish:
She carved thee for her seal, and meant thereby,
Thou shouldst print more, not let that copy die.

Sonnet 11

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