Sonnet 2 is a step above the talk of sonnet 1. Convincing this young man of having children is one thing I wonder about. Youth only lasts for so long, agreed, but what about his inner beauty. That line is so cliché and possibly overused but there is a lot of talk about the physical appearance in these poems. Does he have inner beauty? Is it that in this time, old age is a bad thing and not acceptable if you do not have children? Why are they pushing this boy so hard to have children? We only know what Shakespeare gives us. Shouldn’t the idea of kids be a natural thing? Or is it that he doesn’t like kids? This poem is quite a conundrum to me. Not because of the words that are used but because of the possibilities that lie within it. Shakespeare isn’t telling us everything we want to know and even though I find it incredibly frustrating I also see it as a good mystery.
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