Analisis sonet 18 by williamshakepeare

Sonet 18

Q1 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely
and more temperate:
Q2 Rough winds do shake
the darling buds of May, And summer's lease
Q3 hath all too short a date Sometime too hot the
eye of heaven shines, C And often is his gold
complexion dimmed; And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimmed:
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st; Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

One of William Shakespeare's most well-known works, "Sonnet 18," was composed in 1609 and honours the beauty of a person who holds special meaning for him. The poem uses the rhyme pattern ABAB CDCD EFEF GG and has 14 lines that are broken up into three quatrains and a final couplet. The poet considers whether to compare the beloved's beauty to summer in the first quatrain, but he ultimately concludes that it is more important and long-lasting because summer in England is so brief.The second quatrain talks about how summer may be unpredictable, with the sun appearing brightly at times and then being obscured by clouds at others. This illustrates how ephemeral beauty is in the world. The poet asserts boldly in the third quatrain that the beloved's beauty will live eternally because of his poetry. Shakespeare ensures that this beauty is remembered forever by immortalising it. All things considered, "Sonnet 18" emphasises the timeless quality of love and art while highlighting the distinction between transient and permanent beauty.

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