Sonnet 63 Against my love shall be as I am now,

Problem: The problem was how Time effects aging on the poet and his lover.

The apostrophe of Time is significant because the poet addresses Time directly showing his confidence in overcoming Time.

With Time's injurious hand crushed and o'er-worn, When hours have drained his blood and filled his brow With lines and wrinkles; when his youthful morn Hath travelled on to age's steepy night, And all those beauties whereof now he's king Are vanishing or vanished out of sight, Stealing away the treasure of his spring; The diction in this sonnet emphasizes Times power and the effects it plays on the poet and his lover, as well as the negativity of age. This highlights the theme of poem of how Time can be overcome.

Development: The development of this sonnet is when the poet realizes that competent time will not take them away.

For such a time do I now fortify Against confounding age's cruel knife, That he shall never cut from memory My sweet love's beauty, though my lover's life: His beauty shall in these black lines be seen,

Solution: Shakespeare contradicts that even though Time takeaway their youth, they will always remain young through poetry.

And they shall live, and he in them still green. This paradox shows the contradiction of how the poets lover becomes old physically, thus making her beauty deteriorate, however his lover will remain young in the poets poems.

The personification of Time stealing away his lovers youth (his treasure) strengthens the negative connotation of Time.

The personification of Time possessing a cruel knife allows the reader to envision Time Carving wrinkles onto a person, which enhances the portrayal of Time as a person.

Literary Device Key: Apostrophe: Personification: Diction: Consonance: Imagery: Paradox: