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Sonnet 19 by William Shakespeare
Sonnet 19 by William Shakespeare

Sonnet 19

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Sonnet 19 by William Shakespeare

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The speaker addresses the personified figure of Time directly, a device known as apostrophe, in which an unseen listener, often an idea or an object is “spoken to”.
He tries to to erect the usual artistic defence as in the final line, “My love shall in my verse ever live young.”

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Sonnet 19 Annotated

Devouring Time, blunt thou the Lion's paws,
And make the earth devour her own sweet brood;
Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws,
And burn the long-lived phoenix in her blood;
Make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleet'st,
And do whate'er thou wilt, swift-footed Time,
To the wide world and all her fading sweets;
But I forbid thee one most heinous crime:
O! carve not with thy hours my love's fair brow,
Nor draw no lines there with thine antique pen;
Him in thy course untainted do allow
For beauty's pattern to succeeding men.
Yet, do thy worst old Time: despite thy wrong,
My love shall in my verse ever live young.

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Sonnet 19 was written by William Shakespeare.

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