This sonnet marks a shift in the subject of Shakespeare’s sonnets. At this time, he began to write about love, rather than reproducing. The speaker begins by comparing his love to a summer’s day. However, as he further examines summer, he realizes that the subject of the poem is even lovelier than the season. Summer is not always predictable, and after a while, it must come to an end. However, with this poem, the speaker has eternalized his subject. As he has written this sonnet, the subject’s memory will always live on. In addition, I think the speaker is attempting to prove that his love for the subject of the sonnet is unfailing as well. After all, if the subject lives on forever, so will his affection for him/her.
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