Sonnet 2

When forty winters shall besiege thy brow,

And dig deep trenches in thy beauty's field,
Thy youth's proud livery so gazed on now,
Will be a totter'd weed of small worth held:
Then being asked, where all thy beauty lies,
Where all the treasure of thy lusty days;
To say, within thine own deep sunken eyes,
Were an all-eating shame, and thriftless praise.
How much more praise deserv'd thy beauty's use,
If thou couldst answer 'This fair child of mine
Shall sum my count, and make my old excuse,'
Proving his beauty by succession thine!
This were to be new made when thou art old,
And see thy blood warm when thou feel'st it cold.
Modern English:
When forty years has passed, which is seen in your wrinkles
your beauty will not last
your youth is very desirable right now
but it will not be worth anything
people will ask where your beauty is
where all that matters when youre young
to the people who ask, within your own deep-sunken eyes
someone should be ashamed of themselves

you are praised because of your beauty

you could answer this beautiful child is mine
he counts the amount, and makes his old excuse
he can prove his beauty with his child
his child can make his beauty re-born, when he grows old
and feel how warm the blood is, even though you feel cold.
Lyrical I is convincing someone He /she must have a baby to preserve their
beauty
Her child is the proof of her former beauty.
No conclusion as such.
All sonnets are all written to a young man.
The lusty days duality meaning, young or healthy or sex and etc.
Lush, young days, sex
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its ABAB-CDCD-EFEF-GG into four sections
14 lines
Unstressed/stressed fits the iambic fits
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It fits the iambic pentameters and is a typical Shakespearean poem.