Reflection for Sonnet 55

This sonnet is also about the boy being immortal. Many symbols in this poem are man-made. This could imply that mankind would want to try to immortalize the boy because he is that amazing. The speaker again says how this poem will help the boy become immortal and how the poem will survive longer than any statues will. Monuments crumble and words on them fade, but this writing will keep you alive. He may be trying to win the boy over again by saying that it is due to him that he is able to live forever. Shakespeare seems very confident in this poem. Shakespeare writes that his poetry is better than statues and shrines that other men have created. In the last line, the speaker says that the boy will always live in lovers' eyes. This is again flattering the boy, saying that he is one of the most beautiful things in the world. It is also again calling him immortal, although this time it is not Shakespeare making him immortal.