Shakespeare Sonnet Two

Sonnet two has to deal a lot about aging and what it can do to a person's beauty. Again, we are to believe Shakespeare is speaking to Mr. W.H., praising him for his beauty. He goes on saying that "forty winters shall besiege thy brow," (Shakespeare 1) which is comparing the age of the boy to the seasons. Spring is considered to be the new season, young and full of life, summer is still young and fun, autumn is when people go through changes getting older, and winter is cold, old, and almost dead-like. In line two, Shakespeare says "dig deep trenches," which can symbolize the wrinkles upon an older person's face.

So, when Shakespeare stresses that the beauty the boy possesses will not be with him forever, he follows up by saying that if he could pass his beauty onto a child, it would live forever. If this boy got married, and had a child the beauty would be immortal.