Elizabethan Poetry Journal
Summary: In Shakespeare's sonnet 18 he starts of the poem with the question, "shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" Then the author explains why he shouldn't because unlike the summer's day that eventually fades away, her beauty and "eternal summer shall not fade." Not even death can hide her beauty because "so long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, so long lives this, and this gives life to thee." 1) Metaphor- "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" Shakespeare compares his love to a summer's day and by doing so, an image of a beautiful, warm day with the flowers in bloom and the birds chirping in the reader's mind along with an attractive woman. However a question is raised, how can Shakespeare compare the woman to a summer's day? 2) Personification - "Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, and often is his gold complexion dimmed." The author's use of the words "eye" and "complexion," beautifully describes the sun instead of just saying that "sometimes the sun is to hot or that it's rays are often dimmed." 3) Imagery- "Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May" and ... "often is his gold complexion dimmed." When Shakespeare uses t
2) Metaphor- "My vegetable love should grow vaster than empires and more slow." A comparison to show how his love would be of the had all the time in the world.
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Approximate Word count = 2278
Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page double spaced)
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