Shakespeare is well known for his plays. At one point, we have all heard of the comedies, histories, and tragedies that he has written. He is equally known for the many sonnets that he has written. Many modern writers today use Shakespeare as an inspiration for their work.
How would you summarize the sonnet? Make sure to include an in-text citation at the end of the summary. Find one modern representation in the form of a poem or song that reflects the sonnet.
Sonnet 104: To me, fair friend, you never can be old
BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
To me, fair friend, you never can be old,
For as you were when first your eye I eyed,
Such seems your beauty still. Three winters cold
Have from the forests shook three summers' pride,
Three beauteous springs to yellow autumn turned
In process of the seasons have I seen,
Three April perfumes in three hot Junes burned,
Since first I saw you fresh, which yet are green.
Ah, yet doth beauty, like a dial-hand,
Steal from his figure, and no pace perceived;
So your sweet hue, which methinks still doth stand,
Hath motion, and mine eye may be deceived:
For fear of which, hear this, thou age unbred:
Ere you were born was beauty's summer dead.