Question

What is the theme of sonnet 2 by shakesphere’s?

A)Liberty through religion
B)the horror of death
C)the short-lived nature of beauty
D) living on through procreation

Answer 1

D. because The whole point of this poem is to convince a young man to have kids. The speaker argues that by having a son, the young man will create a family line, and his beauty will live on

Answer 2

You haven’t attached the sonnet, so I can only guess at what you are referring to. But I believe I had this same sonnet last year in my English class, if it is the one describing his love, then it is C.