Jul 31, 2015 · Few collections of poems—indeed, few literary works in general—intrigue, challenge, tantalize, and reward as do Shakespeare's Sonnets. Almost all of them love poems, …

Beauty is made more beautiful by inward worth. The beauty of the rose is thus enhanced by its sweet odour from within. In this it excels the "canker-blooms," which no one prizes either when …

‘Sonnet 54’ by William Shakespeare is a clever and memorable poem that uses two similar, yet integrally different flowers to speak on the Fair Youth. The poem uses imagery and figurative …

Actually understand Shakespeare's Sonnets Sonnet 54. Read every line of Shakespeare’s original text alongside a modern English translation.

Sonnet 54 is one of 154 sonnets published in 1609 by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. It is considered one of the Fair Youth sequence.

Sonnet 54 in modern English Oh, how much more beautiful beauty appears when accompanied by the lovely ornament of integrity! Roses look beautiful but we see them as even more …

The rose image in this sonnet symbolizes immortal truth and devotion, two virtues that the poet associates with the young man. Likening himself to a distiller, the poet, who argues that his …

Sonnet 54 from the 1609 Quarto. This sonnet is part of the sequence in praise of the Fair Youth. The sonnet draws a parallel between the young man with his inner beauty and two types of rose.

'Your inner truth is distilled by verse'. I have opted for the emendation to my on the grounds that it echoes the sentiment of many of the other sonnets praising the youth's excellence, 17-19 for …

Sonnets 49 - 60 Sonnet 54 : O how much more doth beauty beauteous seem...