Sonnet 130: Love is never perfectly beautiful. Much like reality, it is flawed.
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love: The limits of a passionate person seeking love are inexhaustible.
Death Be Not Proud: Death seems to hold supremacy over the whims of life.
To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time: Plans should never be tarried or procrastinated because the end of time is unknown and death is impending.
The Author to Her Book: Even after incessantly working to achieve perfection, one will never be satisfied with the product because perfection is unattainable.
To His Coy Mistress: No matter how much passion is invested, love will not always be mutual.
Sound and Sense: In order to properly convey an complex idea and to imply the desired emotion, all senses must be utilized.
The World Is Too Much With Us: While a person's mind may be brilliant, its feeble nature makes it impossible for it to appreciate the even more complex patterns and wonders in nature.
She Walks in Beauty: True beauty is attained when goodness and sincerity are present.
Ozymandias: Power is an idea so no matter how much is attained, its significance will be long forgotten after death.
When I have Fears that I may Cease to Be: Death tends to appear unexpectedly despite any unfulfilled dreams.
The Children's Hour: Happiness can be elicited from the most simple things in life.
Annabel Lee: True love is able to prevail death.
O Captain, My Captain - Giving one's life for a worthy cause is the most respectable act a person can commit.
I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died: Death cannot be foreseen nor can its conditions.
Dover Beach: Religions faith is draining as more people are discouraged from spreading their beliefs in public.
Dulce et Decorum Est: Enduring suffering and facing death for a cause is the only selfless act one can commit.
Mending Wall: Once separated from a being, the emotions felt are unattainable.
Mirror: Destruction can be caused by the reflection of a person's own flaws.
