In fact, the Bard's famous 14-line poems were subjective, highly autobiographical accounts of his life. ... This poem is about a husband's attempt to convince his wife to have children. ... The speaker of the poem opens with a question that is addressed to his beloved, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" ... This is so because her beauty will be kept alive eternally in the poem. ... On the surface, the poem is simply a statement of praise about the beauty of Shakespeare's love. ...

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