Sonnet 55

Not marble, nor the gilded monuments
Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rime;
But you shall shine more bright in these contents
Than unswept stone, besmear’d with sluttish time.
When wasteful war shall statues overturn,
And broils root out the work of masonry,
Nor Mars his sword nor war’s quick fire shall burn
The living record of your memory.
’Gainst death and all-oblivious enmity
Shall you pace forth; your praise shall still find room
Even in the eyes of all posterity
That wear this world out to the ending doom.
 So, till the judgment that yourself arise,
 You live in this, and dwell in lovers’ eyes.

 William Shakespeare

 The Author William Shakespeare writes about love, and the theme of the poem is the natural beauty of the art of poetry, and how it potrayes love.  He shows how through good or bad it will still be a daily part of our lives, and nothing can ever stop one human from loving another human unless they choose to do so.  Shakespeare says that no matter how strong a force is it can never tear down the power of love because it will always be in the hearts of people. Shakespeare uses iambic pentameter, mood, point-of- view to potray his idea toward love.   
 Shakespeare starts by saying that no matter how powerful someone is or how strong a monument is, it can never compare to how strong love is to humans.   "Not marble, nor the gilded monuments.  Of princes, shall outlive his powerful rime;"(Shakespeare, 1-2).  Shakespeare throught the sonnet he explains that love can not be stopped by one human being, that no one is strong enough to take it away from others.  No man made or natural building can ever take away that feeling that one has for another.  Shakespeare uses iambic pentameter throught the entire sonnet to stress the second lines.  He uses a rhyming scheme to keep the reader interested.  This small quote sets up what Shakespeare is taking about in the entire sonnet, that nothing will ever bring down love for others.   The Shakespeare writes, "No Mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall burn The living record of your memory"(Shakespeare, 7-8).  He once again reinforces that love is so strong that not even the god of war Mars, with all his might can bring it down, not even the most powerful of beings can stop love. 
 Shakespeare is very emotional about the idea of love, he states that it is a part of his life and that it is never old and it never grows old.  That everyone does feel it and time shouldn't affect how one loves another.  He writes " But you shall shine more bright in these contents That unswept stone, besmear 'd with sluttish time"(Shakespeare, 3-4).  He really expresses how time is an unaffecting element to love.  The author shows his mood as a happy, and a sure that love will last forever.  When he writes that love will shine more than princes, and marble buildings.  That love will last longer than that, and that love will leave greater mark on the world than anything else to mankind.  Then Shakespeare writes, " 'Gainst death and all- oblivious enmity Shall you pace forth; your praise shall still find room" (Shakespeare, 9- 10).   The author says that through all obstacles love will proceed to be a part of a lover's life.  That it will still be practiced by all no matter what happens in the world.  Shakespeare's mood proceeds to be hopeful, and sure that his idea of love will be true for the rest of eternity.
 Shakespeare has a happy point of view towards love, he expresses how he knows that it will last until the end of time.  He believes that everyone at one point in their lives has the feeling of love, and that it can never be taken away by anybody unless we choose to do so.  Shakespeare writes, " So, till the judgment that yourself arise, You live in this, and dwell in lovers' eyes" (Shakespeare, 13- 14).  He writes that love can only be decided by the person who is feeling it, others can't make the decision for someone else to love.  That love resides in a lover's feelings, and that is where it will remain for all people.  
 Shakespeare believes that love will always be around, his purpose was to show how strong the bond of love is to a human being, and how that bond can not be broken.  Shakespeare is sure that love people have towards others will never die, and it will thrive until the end of time.