Sonnet 55

In this sonnet, the speaker talks about how the person will be praised forever through the poetry. It is sort of a shift from the other ones with his confident tone. He sounds confident in his poetry that will forever live. I like this sonnet because it is pretty powerful through the descriptive words Shakespeare uses. Some of the evils of that time are portrayed and he says that through it all, memories will survive through his poems. It makes you think a little about how things can live through words. Shakespeare writes “shall you pace fourth; your praise shall still find room”. This shows that the person will move on and eventually die but will still be honored.