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Sonnet 29: Love is portrayed as a powerful force that can bring happiness and contentment, even in the midst of adversity.

Sonnet 130: This sonnet satirizes traditional love sonnets by contrasting lofty comparisons with more realistic and grounded descriptions.

Sonnet 18: This sonnet discusses the eternal beauty of the addressee and contrasts it with the fleeting beauty of a summer's day.

Sonnet 15: Contemplates the natural growth and inevitable decay of living things, presenting poetry as a means of immortalization.

Sonnet 18: The poet is emphasizing the idea that the addressee's beauty and essence will not fade because they are immortalized in verse.

Sonnet 116: This sonnet famously defines and extolls the virtues of true, unchanging love that persists regardless of any obstacles.

Sonnet 18: The poet claims that the beauty of the beloved will live on forever through his poetry, as long as people can experience it.

Sonnet 76: The speaker uses the sun as a metaphor to describe their own poetic style as both timeless and continually refreshed.

Sonnet 65: Describes the strength of natural elements, questioning what hope there is for beauty to endure when even these may perish.

Sonnet 73: The speaker describes their own aging process and the approach of death, urging the beloved to love more strongly because of it.

Sonnet 130: It mocks the typical comparisons poets make about their lovers' features, suggesting a more honest portrayal of love.

Sonnet 30: It deals with the themes of memory and the passage of time, where the poet reflects on past sorrows and losses.

Sonnet 116: Love is characterized as constant and unwavering, even when faced with changes or challenges.

Sonnet 71: The poet tells the beloved not to grieve for him after death, to avoid being associated with the negativity his remembered name might bring.

Sonnet 29: This sonnet addresses the poet's personal depression and sense of isolation but ultimately finds solace in the thought of the beloved.

Sonnet 30: Despite the sorrow of memories, the speaker finds comfort and happiness in thoughts of the friend.

Sonnet 104: The poet expresses that to him, the beloved never ages, and their timeless beauty is constant despite the passage of time.

Sonnet 32: The poet ponders on the possibility of dying before the beloved and leaving behind his poems for the latter to read.

Sonnet 65: This sonnet questions the ability of beauty to withstand the ravages of time and the destructive forces of nature.