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Which of the following is a 'Procreation Sonnet'?

  1. A sonnet that celebrates the birth of a child to the poet's patron
  2. A sonnet urging a young man to marry and have children to preserve his beauty
  3. A sonnet describing the biological process of human reproduction in verse
  4. A sonnet composed for and addressed directly to a pregnant noblewoman
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Correct answer: A sonnet urging a young man to marry and have children to preserve his beauty

The first 17 sonnets of Shakespeare's sequence are known as the procreation sonnets. They argue that since beauty is fleeting, the only way to defeat Time is to pass on one's image to a new generation.

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