Sonnet 139 Sonnet 139 Sonnet 139 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. Sonnet 139 is an English or Shakespearean sonnet. The English sonnet has three quatrains, followed by a final rhyming couplet. It follows the typical rhyme scheme of the form "abab cdcd efef gg" and is composed in iambic pentameter, a type of poetic metre based on five pairs of metrically weak/strong syllabic positions. The 6th line exemplifies a regular iambic pentameter: Line 3 begins with a common metrical variation, an initial reversal: Initial reversals also occur in lines 5 and 14, and
Sonnet 63 as he, the poet, is now. The passing of time will drain the young man’s blood, carve wrinkles in his face, erode and wear away all of his beauty. Time will eventually take away the young man. To prevent the young man’s beauty being cut from memory, this sonnet will be read and will preserve the memory of the young man’s beauty. Unlike Sonnet 2, in which immortality is gained through procreation, here it is gained in the reading of this poem ("these black lines"). Sonnet 63 is an English or Shakespearean sonnet. The English sonnet has three quatrains, followed