This is a very different take on describing a loved one that Shakespeare takes. Instead of listing their flaws and loving those Shakespeare is describing this person as the most beautiful person ever and that is why he loves them. The line "But thy eternal summer shall not fade" means that this person will stay this beautiful forever either in Shakespeare's memories or in reality (569). The line "nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade" meaning when death takes this person from the world he will not be happy to do so because it will be like taking a beauty from the world (569). I like the last couple lines the best "When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st./so long as men can breather or eyes can see/so long lives this and this gives life to thee" (570). Meaning that because Shakespeare describes this person's beauty in the poem their beauty will live forever as long as someone in the world can read the poem. The person is immortalized in Shakespeare's words.
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