Sonnet 146

The speaker calls himself a sinner in the beginning of this sonnet. He admits that he needs to start looking for the inner qualities in people instead of just the outward beauty. He questions himself as to why he puts so much energy into his appearance. He uses the metaphor of a house with a gaudy exterior and nothing inside. At the close of the sonnet he says that although death eats the body, the soul is eternal, therefore victorious and far more important.