"From fairer creatures we wish to grow" is the first of 154 untitled sonnets written by William Shakespeare and published in 1609. The poem is the first in the "Procreation" series sonnets, which according to English historians, are addressed to or concerning an unmanned male "beautiful youth", and argue that this man needs to marry and father children. Although there is much speculation about the identity of the Beautiful Youth, the first set of poems have a more platonic tone, compared to the later poems which were obviously sexual and passionate in theme. Analyzing this poem, we will begin with the versification of the poem. Like all Shakespearean sonnets, it contains a fourteen-line stanza and follows a metrical rhythm of iambic pentameter. The poem also follows his signature rhyme scheme of "ABAB CDCD EFEF GG", essentially building the structure in three quatrains and a couplet placed at the end of the poem. The first line of the quatrain begins with a thesis statement describing the entire human species as just creatures, and states that our most fundamental desire is to reproduce. Shakespeare's command to mankind to reproduce may be an allusion (may be alluded to) to the first book of the Bible. In Genesis 1:28, God commands Adam and Eve, “Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it..." The second line then begins with a conceit, comparing humans to beautiful roses, and repeats the statement of the first line by mentioning that, through reproduction, the beauty of our species may never die . The third and fourth lines then say that when our current generation grows old and dies, we hope that our descendants will continue our memories and continue to r... middle of paper... to waste in meanness, "can be loosely interpreted as a play on words, either by wasting his seed by not having children, or by wasting his seed by masturbation. The final couplet is yet another command, this time directly to the Beautiful Youth. Shakespeare is advising (instructing) man to have mercy on the world and have a son, otherwise his gluttony will continue with him to the grave, depriving him of an heir to continue the human race. This command brings us full circle, as it refers to the command given in the first line of the poem. If man disobeys the second command given in the poem, he is also violating the first command and defying the will of God. This poem is addressed to the entire human race and the beautiful youth. It reiterates the first order given by God to human beings and expresses Shakespeare's shock towards man for not having procreated..