Shakespeare's Sonnets - Sonnet 4

Shakespeare penned 154 sonnets that were included in his 1609 'quarto'. These sonnets delve into themes like the flow of time, death, affection, aestheticism, unfaithfulness, and envy. The initial 126 sonnets are dedicated to a young male, while the final 28 are directed towards an enigmatic 'dark lady'.

In Sonnet 4, Shakespeare admonishes the young man for selfishly withholding his beauty and abundance, asserting that by not procreating, he is squandering nature’s gifts, letting them perish with him, instead of passing them on to a new generation, thereby attaining a form of immortality and defiance against time's decay.

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