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Eric Vaughn BiberProfessor Mary Dudy BjorkEnglish 421Essay 2May 1, 2008The Miracle of Poetry.such(prenominal) unnatural tendencies have an intimate relation to conceiver, and what we look for genius is, exactly, the aw beness, and expression, of planes, or dimensions, beyond the biological and the temporal. That is why Shakespeares Sonnets are so deeply concerned with the problems of time, goal and eternity (Knight, 69-70). peradventure Shakespeare knew that unfeigned literary genius existed in the study of the relationship man has with death and proof, so he pointed his writing in this direction for literary immortality. Maybe yet he was simply fascinated with death in general, and his genius shined through in his writing. Regardless of his motives, it is clear that Shakespeare was at some train fascinated with time and its overwhelming destructive powers. This fascination was evident in al closely all of Shakespeares works, but nigh notably in his Sonnets. Not only did Shak espeare realize the fragility of life, but he fix a way to overcome the universes inevitability with poetry. Although most of Shakespeares Sonnets are dedicated to a certain young youth, this loyalty is only a front to carry on one of Shakespeares greatest concerns the certainty of time and death. With the use of the written word, Shakespeare found a way to overcome the power of time and immortalize all that he loved, whomever and whatever that may be, inside the power of his ink.When examining the presence of time and certainty in Shakespeares Sonnets, the best place to begin is with Sonnet 18. This is by far one of Shakespeares most famous Sonnets, and probably his most misunderstood by the common reader. Though this Sonnet seems to be a simple love poem on the... ... considered the first of the procreation Sonnets direct to the fair young youth, a deeper look at Sonnet 1 reveals evidence of Shakespeares uncanny ability to understand the nature of the universe.From fairest crea tures we need increase,That thereby beautys blush wine might never die,But as the riper should by time decease,His tender heir might bear his memory (1.1-4)The rose embodies only the perfect moment that intervenes between fulfillment and decay. Describing it, Shakespeare makes no set about to speak in a biographical voice, or that of a dramatically defined persona. It is simply we who speak, as the voice of a consensus, and our desire for preserving the summits beauty is no less natural than its coming decline. Such a confluence, using we to unite temporarily speaker, reader, and the ordinary world, has a confession of its own (Weiser, 3).