Sonnet 87

Sonnet 87 adornes the subject with compliments, making the speaker sound almost desperate in tone. In the first quatrain, the speaker tells the subject that he understands if he wishes to leave him, because he is so unworthy of him, and the second quatrain goes on about how undeserving the speaker is of the reader. The speaker continues his desperateness in the third quatrain, and the sonnet ends with the couplet stating that the time he has been with the subject has been like a dream. With reading this sonnet, it is apparent what a lack of self-confidence the speaker has and makes him seem pathetic. This could possibly indicate that writer was infact mocking the subject, rather than praising him. If the writer is trying to encourage the subject to have children, maybe the subject says that he is waiting for a girl who adores him in such a way as this. By writing the sonnet in this style, the writer demonstrates how silly a girl like that would sound, making the subject realize that he does not want that, and hopefully settle down with someone else.