Because of brass, white stone, earth and boundless sea,
Everything will be destroyed by that sad decline,
Beautiful power is like a delicate flower,
How can she resist in decadent anger?
Ah, how can you stand the smell like honey in summer?
Time flies, day after day?
Because the solid rock is still not strong,
Steel doors will also be corroded by streamers.
Terrible meditation! The most precious idea of time,
Can you collect everything without falling into the treasure box of time?
Whose giant palm can hold the leg of time,
Who can forbid time from robbing the world of beauty?
Nobody! Unless a miracle happens in my pen,
In my poem, my lover always shines.
(translated by Yang Xiling)
In Shakespeare's 150 sonnets, readers may find that the same theme seems to appear repeatedly. For example, the theme of this poem is basically the same as that of the eighteenth poem. The poet once again declared here that he would use his magic pen to preserve the beauty of the world forever, expressing the idea that "only real literature and art can compete with time".
In the first twelve lines of this poem, the poet spared no effort to describe to us the terrible power of time. What is the most powerful thing in the world? It is time. Everything in the world is no match for it, and it can destroy everything. Delicate and charming beauty, where can withstand the violence of decline; All-embracing nature and omnipotent people can't resist the attack and encirclement of time. Especially at the thought that his beloved friend will also die of old age and be taken away by ruthless time, the poet can't help crying out in near despair: "Who can hold the fleeting leg of time?/Who can forbid time to take away the beauty of the world?" At this time when there was nothing to do, the poet unexpectedly announced in the last two lines that he could use his pen to create miracles, conquer time and make beauty last forever. This seemingly abrupt and unique ending not only points out the theme of the poem, but also gives people a deep impression.
After careful study, we will find that this poem has the same theme as the eighteenth poem, full of strong feelings and profound thoughts, but each has its own characteristics. The eighteenth song gives people a fresh feeling like morning dew, with beautiful emotional appeal and profound ideological connotation. The sixty-fifth song goes further and the depth is greatly improved. Here, the poet adopts the method of strong contrast: on the one hand, metals, rocks, land and oceans that are generally considered indestructible are broken and destroyed in the face of the attack of time; On the other side is the embodiment of beauty-the poet's lover-who has withstood all the fierce attacks of time in the poet's pen and is always beautiful and young. This contrast is very infectious and makes the power of literature and art more prominent.
Although the sonnets are short, Shakespeare often shows us a vast world of thoughts in them. His poems are rich in vocabulary, concise in words, vivid and novel in metaphor, undulating in structure and melodious in tone, which often integrates image, emotion and reasoning, achieving the perfect unity of ideological depth and artistic form. These poems can be said to be a string of pearls in the treasure house of world literature and art, which have been shining for centuries. This fact itself strongly proves the idea expressed by Shakespeare in his poems: beauty and the power of literature and art coexist, and the creators of literature and art are immortal.
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