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Analysis of Sonnet 55   Not marble, nor the gilded monuments   Of princes, shall stunned bouncy this ruling rhyme   But you shall shine more bright in these limit   Than unswept st hotshot besmeard with sluttish time.   When wasteful war shall statues overturn,   And broils root out the work of masonry,   Nor Mars his steel nor wars quick fire shall burn   The lifespan record of your memory.   Gainst death and all-oblivious enmity   Shall you pace forth your praise shall steady feel 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.     Line 2* - The poet could be referring to his own sonnet specifically, or to poetry in general.   Line 4* - st genius (1) gravestone set in the church pavage on which the memorial inscription is rendered illegible by accumulated ashes and the foot steps of the congregation (2) uncared-for upright tomb or monument (the object of dust and passing time) (G. Blakemore Evans, Shakespeares Sonnets, 163).   Line 7* - Mars is the Roman god of war, often visualized as a warrior in full battle armor, including a sword and shield. In Greek mythology Mars is known as Ares.   Line 12* - that refers to posterity, not to eyes.   Line 14* - some(prenominal) scholars believe that Shakespeare is saying that his friend will be a line of inspiration for lovers everywhere (ie. dwell in the eyes of lovers everywhere). But it most possible means that the poets friend will dwell in the eyes of the great unwashed who grow to love the friend through the poets verse.   Sonnet 55 is one of Shakespeares most famous works and a noticeable deviation from early(a) sonnets in which he appears insecure about his relationships and his own self-worth. Here we find an impassioned burst of confidence as the poet claims to have the power to appreciation his friends memory alive evermore. Some critics argue that Shakespeares sudden swell of superciliousness in his poetry was strictly artificial - a blatant elbow grease to mimic the style of the classical poets. It is difficult on any former(a) hypothesis to reconcile the inflated egotism of such a one as 55 with the unassuming dedications to the Venus and Lucrece, 1593 and 1594, or with the expressions of humility anchor in the sonnets themselves, e.