Response to Another Sonnet for Stephan

I think that this sonnet is about a boy who grows up to be a man and that this sonnet was written by someone who was a close family member or friend that had a good relationship with him and was involved in his life. I think this because in the poem the person who wrote the sonnet knows a lot about his life and he seems to have kept up with him for his entire life. I think that this sonnet is like a tribute to Stephan to show all the good things he did in his life before he died because the line in the poem "Th boy, the youth, and the man are each now gone. Except that in my heart they linger on." Shows that Stephen died and the periods of his life still live on in his heart or memory that he will never forget.

In the first 4 lines of the sonnet it shows that Stephan is a young boy who makes the writter happy and it seems that they played together at a young age. He really seemed to like Stephan and it made it seem like they had a connection. I think that it shows that they connected at a young age and based on thge rest of the poem that they kept in touch and communicated throughout his life. Also with the next 4 lines it shows that he grew up to be a good person who was very smart and had a bright future. Also in the 9 to 12 lines it shows that he grew up to be very successful but it also makes it seem like he had a disease that he was fighting and that was what caused him to die.