The issue in Sonnet 3 is about having children and the legacy they bring. It seems that the sonnet is talking to a man and how he is preventing a women to have children "Thou dost beguile the world, unbless some mother,". I think the sonnet's issue is that a man doesn't want to settle down and have children. Back in Shakespere's time that is how you passed on your legacy and to not have children was shameful. It states
"Despite of wrinkles this thy golden time. But if thou live, remember'd not to be,
Die single, and thine image dies with thee."
meaning you may be young now but eventually you will become old and not be able to have children which will leave you to die alone and to die in legacy.
May 5,2011
This was a good interpretation of what the text and sonnet were and that is what I also thought. The sonnet is all about leaving behind some sort of legacy and Amanda got that point across very well.
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