This sonnet is comparing summer to the boy and even though summer is filled with happiness and youth, the boy is a lot better. Summer can have harsh winds, and it can be extremely hot. But the boy, he is very mild and a lot lovelier. This sonnet is the first one so far that didn’t talk about procreating. It is strictly about age. In lines 8 and 9, the writer explains how all good comes to an end; either by an accident, or just because of time. But then he goes and explains how his beauty will be “eternal”. I find this to be extremely odd because he was the one saying in the past 17 sonnets how his beauty will diminish if he doesn’t have children. So I find it a bit relieving that he is saying beauty lasts forever, because that’s how I look at beauty. Youth doesn’t define your looks. If you are confident and like the way you look, then your beauty will shine for the rest of your life.
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