Shakespeare was born in the year of 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He was born at the beginning of the Elizabethan age, a most promising time for poetry, music, and drama. His exact birth date is unknown, but it is traditionally celebrated on April 23. Church records from Holy Trinity Church indicate that he was baptized there on April 26, 1564. Baptisms usually occurred within two or three days of a child's birth. He was the third of eight children born to middle class parents. His father John was a Stratford businessman and prominent community leader. Shakespeare's mother Mary Arden was the daughter of a local farmer, whose family paid her husband a handsome dowry.

Though no school record exists, Shakespeare most likely attended public school like other boys of his social class in England. W

Shakespeare creates imagery throughout both sonnets with his use of analogies. In Sonnet 18 Shakespeare uses an extended metaphor throughout the sonnet, comparing his lover to a summer's day. He uses the analogy to illustrate the perfection of his lover, and is able to do so due to all the shortcomings of summer. Shakespeare contends in the third quatrain of this sonnet that comparing his lover to this season fails to do him/her any justice. Contained in Sonnet 130 are a series of analogies, which illustrate his mistress' imperfections, rather than her beauty. The ordinary beauty and humanity of his lover are what is important to Shakespeare in the sonnet, and he brilliantly uses typical love poetry metaphors against themselves.

Sonnet 18 and Sonnet 130 are great examples of William Shakespeare's artistic talent. He created a different kind of imagery and mood in both sonnets, but at the same time was able to convey similar emotional feelings that are felt for someone. His ability to express those feelings in the ways that he does is why Shakespeare's love sonnets have lived on.

In Sonnet 130 Shakespeare "catalogues the overfamiliar tropes while denying their applicability to his own mistress"(Pequigney 166). Her physical description is as follows: her eyes are not like the sun; her lips are not red like coral; her breasts are not white like snow; her hair is black; and her cheeks are not rosy. There is more delight in perfume than in his mistress' breath. Music makes a more pleasant sound than her voice. She is not a goddess because she walks on the ground. In the ending couplet, the persona proclaims his love for the mistress, her faults and all.

In about 1611 Shakespeare retired back to his hometown and continued writing plays until 1613. He died on April 23, 1616, and was buried in Holy Trinity Church. There was

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