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Shakespearean sonnet themes explore the ideas of love, aging, beauty, time, lust, practical obligations and feelings of incompetence. These themes emerge from Shakespeare's descriptions of the relationship between his characters. They are also evident in his use of narrative language and explanations of the speakers internal feelings. Within Shakespeare's poetry is the idea that beauty disappears with time, making a person less desirable and somewhat depressed about his own existence. The idea behind one of the most prolific Shakespearean sonnet themes is that children should be born to maintain beauty. Since the ability to maintain an ideal physique and set of appealing looks is impossible, the only hope is to create the next generation that will inherit those features. Time is seen as an enemy to vitality, value and physical identity. Another of the Shakespearean sonnet themes focuses on the idea of conflict between real love and simple sexual desire. In the poet's view, there is often confusion between which is which. Lust can disguise itself as love and is easily mistaken for it. A temptation exists to pursue that which is visually enticing, rather than taking the time to discover genuine feelings.