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March 29, 2022 • 46 secs
An oration by James Louis Steed of the 14th of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets published in 1609. This sonnet is the fourteenth of the author's "Fair Youth" and "procreation" sonnets. Though this is considered part of the series of procreation sonnets, there is basically no reference to having children it. It does, however, have much of the same imagery of nature being cruel, etc. The poem is mostly about the author's infatuation wit...
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March 22, 2022 • 49 secs
An oration by James Louis Steed of the 13th of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets published in 1609. This sonnet is the thirteenth of the author's "Fair Youth" and "procreation" sonnets. Who would neglect his house and let it fall to waste from the barrages of winter and let his own life be the end of it? None but unthrifts who wile away their lives on selfish pursuits. Shakespeare has faith, though, that the youth is beyond this sort o...
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March 15, 2022 • 48 secs
An oration by James Louis Steed of the 12th of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets published in 1609. This sonnet is the twelfth of the author's "Fair Youth" and "procreation" sonnets. As with all of nature, the fair youth is not beyond the ravages of time. As summers turn to winter, so too will the youthful beauty of the young man turn to gray and whither. How can he best prepare himself for the inevitable outcome? Why, by having a chi...
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March 8, 2022 • 58 secs
An oration by James Louis Steed of the 11th of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets published in 1609. This sonnet is the eleventh of the author's "Fair Youth" and "procreation" sonnets. The fair youth's superior human qualities make it especially important that he carry out the biological imperative, a plan developed by mother nature herself. If all humans believed as he does and decide not to follow the plan and bear children, it would ...
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March 3, 2022 • 54 secs
An oration by James Louis Steed of the 10th of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets published in 1609. This sonnet is the tenth of the author's "Fair Youth" and "procreation" sonnets. There's a fine line between love and hate and the fair youth is walking that line. Though he's not walking it for the sake of his love of others. According to Shakespeare, his love of self is a self-destructive force that weighs more heavily on the hate side...
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February 24, 2022 • 49 secs
An oration by James Louis Steed of the 9th of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets published in 1609. This sonnet is the ninth of the author's "Fair Youth" and "procreation" sonnets. Shakespeare asks the fair youth if it is out of fear of leaving a young widow that he remain single. He then goes on to say that, if that is the case, it is still better to have loved and lost. And if he were to bear a child with his potential wife, he would ...
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February 22, 2022 • 55 secs
An oration by James Louis Steed of the 8th of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets published in 1609. This sonnet is the eighth of the author's "Fair Youth" and "procreation" sonnets. Why is the fair youth annoyed by the harmony he sees in families around him? He enjoys music, does he not? Music is more than a single note and a single note is not music. He needs a family with him to witness the tranquil quality of harmony represented by ...
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February 17, 2022 • 51 secs
An oration by James Louis Steed of the 7th of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets published in 1609. This sonnet is the seventh of the author's "Fair Youth" and "procreation" sonnets. Rather than dwelling on the cold winter this sonnet compares the life of the fair youth to the bright sun and its passage across the sky throughout the day. The warning, though, is still the same, if only a little more specific. Have a son or the setting su...
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February 15, 2022 • 49 secs
An oration by James Louis Steed of the 6th of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets published in 1609. This sonnet is the sixth of the author's "Fair Youth" and "procreation" sonnets. Again, we see winter as a metaphor for aging as Shakespeare warns the fair youth about the prospect of growing old and dying before bearing children. In fact, there is a mathematical formula presented in this sonnet calculating just how happy the young man cou...
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February 10, 2022 • 49 secs
An oration by James Louis Steed of the 5th of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets published in 1609. This sonnet is the fifth of the author's "Fair Youth" and "procreation" sonnets. Shakespeare metaphorically uses seasons to describe the timeline of life. Specifically, winter is used to describe the latter years. The perfume of a flower distilled in summer reminds us of the once living beauty of the plant. Much like our children carry o...
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