Sonnet XIX Commentary

In this sonnet Shakespeare builds on the theme of time, and how the worst crime time could commit is to let love grow old and dull. The literary devices used include symbolism, an ABABCDCDEFEF ect. rhyme scheme and a ten syllable rhythm to each phrase.
The sonnet starts out using symbolism to reflect the idea of the aging things loosing their most useful features: "pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws"( line 3). The sonnet goes on to say let time take its course on earths creatures but not on his fair love or the idea of love itself. The idea of time is shown through aging beauty: "O, carve not thy hours my loves fair brow,"( line 9) This concludes the sonnet in saying that even if a relationship is old, the love shared can forever live young.

SONNET-You as a Winter Day

Thou art bleak and gray as a winter day
Even in the sun you remain cold as ice
In silence I think I wonder why I stay
What prevents thine from living? show some spice
You shine dullness your color is black and white
To get over ones self and let instincts win
Holding back overcoming thine world in spite
Fire will burn but heat will warm thine skin
What is perfection trying to prove?
Thee who believe in pain can suffer as one
Thine shield is transparent anyway doth move
We are all just as messed up, some just choose to run
Listening to thine say nothing, what doth thine see?
Help me understand and i will let doth be.