Sonnet ninety-nine is similar to sonnet eighteen in that they are both taking frequently used comparisons and putting a unique spin on them. In this case, the speaker is taking a flower, which is often times an object that a person’s object of affection is compared to, and turning it around. The speaker is taking the boy and saying that he is more beautiful than all the flowers. The speaker calls the flowers thieves and that the boy is the creator of this beauty, with all others just poor imitations. To further show this idea, Shakespeare portrays the flowers as being full of shame at their thievery. They stole different characteristics of the boy to use for themselves, such as his hair, hands, and breath. The flowers show “blushing shame” or “white despair” due to the same they feel for having to borrow all of this from the boy. This sonnet is just another way that the speaker is showing his love for the boy.
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