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Sonnet 32 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. It is a member of the Fair Youth sequence, in which the poet expresses his love towards a young man.The writer is looking into the future and seeing that the young man will probably outlive him and is reflecting upon that. The writer takes a very serious and almost depressing tone when they tell the young man to remember the writer not only because of the strength of the sonnets, but also because the love that has been shown to the young man far surpasses any love shown by another poet. He looks into his soul and sees that no matter how hard he tries, the young man has a more vibrant and youthful soul. It is also discussed that the writer compares his soul to that of a large beautiful house〔Michael West.Shakespeare Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. 1 (Winter, 1974), pp. 109-122.Folger Shakespeare Library in association with George Washington University http://www.jstor.org/stable/2868888〕 with an owner that struggles inside. As the sonnet continues, the house metaphor continues also and the idea is explored further having the reader explore the idea of why people invest so much in things that will not last. == Speaker and subject == Shakespeare’s sonnets are typically classified in reference to speaker and subject. Sonnet 32 is commonly accepted as a “handsome youth” 〔Keilen, Sean. "The Tradition of Shakespeare's Sonnets." Shakespeare 5.3 (2009): 235-52.〕 sonnet. This classification as a handsome youth sonnet is significant as it characterizes both the speaker and the subject within the sonnet: the speaker, as a man displaying his affection for the subject who is a young, handsome man. The identity of the speaker is a well debated topic however. Some believe that the speaker is merely a character that Shakespeare has created as an expression of art.〔Bloom, Harold. Shakespeare's Sonnets and Poems. Broomall, PA: Chelsea House, 1999.〕 However, the speaker is often thought to be Shakespeare himself, thus giving the content of the sonnet a much more personal sentiment. Some depict the voice of the speaker merely as a “construct()” 〔Kambaskoviñ-Sawyers, Danijela. "Three Themes in One, Which Wondrows Scope Affords; Ambiguous Speaker and Storytelling in Shakespeare's Sonnets." Humanities International Complete 49.3 (2007): 285-305.〕 character by the author to “generate…reader interest, sympathy, and involvement that deserve closer attention”.〔(Kambaskoviñ-Sawyers 286)〕 Thus the speaker is not a reflection of the author but instead an authorial tool to evoke interest from the reader. In contrast, some critics believe that Shakespeare’s sonnets are “autobiograph()” 〔(Kambaskoviñ-Sawyers 287)〕 and that the two characters within the sonnet are Shakespeare and an unidentified male object of lust or affection. Ultimately, there is “critical disagreement” 〔(Keilen 235)〕 over whether the character of Shakespeare’s speaker is ambiguous, Shakespeare himself, or a constructed character. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sonnet 32」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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