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Discuss Shakespeare's exploration in Sonnet 2 of the themes of age and beauty. * Look closely at effects of language, imagery and handling of the sonnet form. * Comment on ways in which the poem's methods and concerns are characteristic of other Shakespeare sonnets you have studied. The second of Shakespeare's sonnets conveys an argument the poet is making somewhat implicitly to a subject whose identity is hazy and unknown to the reader, even in retrospect. The simplified argument is an attempt by Shakespeare to persuade his subject to produce an heir and therefore retain his beauty through his child, to avoid wasting such beauty. The opening quatrain through use of imagery focuses on the devastating effect that time has on beauty. The opening line deals with time in terms of seasons, specifically winter. The imagery associated with winter is possibly the most negative of all the seasons, and an immediate sense of harshness...

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