Shakespeare Sonnet 1, Text, Line by Line Explanation, Summary, Symbols
Shakespeare Sonnet: 1 From Fairest Creatures We Desire Increase From fairest creatures we desire increase, That thereby beauty’s rose might never die, But as the riper should by time decease, His tender heir might bear his memory; But thou, contracted to thine own bright eyes, Feed’st thy light’s flame with self-substantial fuel, Making a famine where abundance lies, Thyself thy foe, to thy sweet self too cruel. Thou that art now the world’s fresh ornament And only herald to the gaudy spring, Within thine own bud buriest thy content, And, tender churl, mak’st waste in niggarding. Pity the world, or else this glutton be, To eat the world’s due, by the grave and thee. Line-by-Line Explanation 1. "From fairest creatures we desire increase," → We want beautiful people to have children. 2. "That thereby beauty’s rose might never die," → So that beauty will live on and not disappear. 3. "But as the riper should by time decease," → But as people grow old, t...