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Tragedies of William Shakespeare and Sonnets: Sonnets 19 - 27

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Shakespeare, William

Shakespeare, William
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Critic: Violli, Unicio J.
Affiliation: Associate Professor Of English, Fairleigh Dickinson University

Sonnets 19 - 27

(19) - "devouring time . . ."

Summary:

Time, do not spoil my friend's beauty; and yet, even if you do your
worst, my love will eternally be young in my verse.

Paraphrase

1. Time (which eats up all) makes the lion's paws weak,

2. and makes the earth bury those to whom she gave life;

3. makes the tiger toothless through old age,

4. and burns the immortal phoenix in her own ashes.

5. Makes the seasons happy or ...

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