Sonnet 99 is a very well-written poem with the fact that I had never taken summer in such a negative way as this. In most poems about summer, they are usually known as being the most beautiful time of the year, and everyone loves summer. Shakespeare however, metaphorically calls summer a thief. He claims that all of the flowers and their beauty take away from the beauty that the boy possesses. He uses different flowers to symbolize the boy’s body parts. So in a way, it is like they had stolen his identity. I find this to be an extremely clever way of showing someone they are beautiful. He relays the message that in fact, he is more beautiful than all of summer. Since summer is constantly used as a comparison to one’s beauty, it is very different to see it as a negative. I like the idea though that it makes the reader of this look at summer in a whole new light.
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