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Eric Vaughn BiberProfessor Mary Dudy BjorkEnglish 421Essay 2 may 1, 2008The Miracle of Poetry.such(prenominal) unnatural tendencies have an intimate relation to genius, and what we call genius is, exactly, the awareness, and expression, of planes, or dimensions, beyond the biological and the temporal. That is why Shakespeares Sonnets are so deeply concerned with the problems of time, death and eternity (Knight, 69-70). Maybe Shakespeare knew that true literary genius existed in the study of the relationship man has with death and certainty, so he pointed his indite in this direction for literary immortality. Maybe yet he was simply fascinated with death in general, and his genius shined through in his writing. Regardless of his motives, it is chiseled that Shakespeare was at some level fascinated with time and its overwhelming destructive powers. This fascination was evident in al more or less all of Shakespeares works, but most notably in his Sonnets. Not only did Shakespeare real ize the fragility of life, but he found a way to overcome the universes inevit expertness with poetry. Although most of Shakespeares Sonnets are dedicated to a certain young youth, this dedication is only a front to carry on whizz of Shakespeares greatest concerns the certainty of time and death. With the use of the written word, Shakespeare found a way to overcome the power of time and immortalize all that he loved, whomever and whatsoever that may be, inside the power of his ink.When examining the presence of time and certainty in Shakespeares Sonnets, the best place to begin is with Sonnet 18. This is by far one of Shakespeares most famous Sonnets, and probably his most misunderstood by the common reader. Though this Sonnet seems to be a simple love numbers on the... ... considered the first of the procreation Sonnets directed to the fair young youth, a deeper look at Sonnet 1 reveals evidence of Shakespeares uncanny ability to understand the nature of the universe.From faire st creatures we desire increase,That thereby beautys rose might never die,But as the riper should by time decease,His tender heir might subscribe his memory (1.1-4)The rose embodies only the perfect moment that intervenes between fulfillment and decay. Describing it, Shakespeare makes no attempt to speak in a biographical voice, or that of a dramatically defined persona. It is simply we who speak, as the voice of a consensus, and our desire for preserving the flowers beauty is no less natural than its coming decline. Such a confluence, using we to unite temporarily speaker, reader, and the ordinary world, has a justification of its own (Weiser, 3).