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Shakespeare Sonnet 18 Summary

When thinking about english liturature one of the greatest writers of all time comes to mind, WIlliam Shakespear. Shakespear was born on or around April 23, 1564 according to the record from the Holy Trinity. Although only living until 1616 Shakespear wrote many things. Among some of those things written were his ever famous sonnets. A sonnet is a fourteen-line poem usually in iambic pentameter with a specific rhyme scheme. The Shakespearean sonnet has three four-line stanzas and a two-line unit called a couplet. Of these sonnets one of the greatest he has ever written was sonnet number 18, “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”. This sonnet contains a theme of beauty and of love and has a content com


apring his lovers external beauty to that of the beauty which he sees in nature.

Finally in the copulet of the sonnet begining with “So long as men can breath or eyes can see” Shakespear is closing the sonnet with saying you will be forever remembered in my verses or words. To alliteration concludes with to and Lo alliteration concludes with long.

In conclusion Sonnet 18 focuses on the beauty of the young lover,and how beauty fades, but this persons beauty will not because it will be remembered by everyone who reads this poem. Shakespeare wrote a series of sonnets, most of which were probably addressed to a noble young lover for whom he felt deep love and admiration. In many of them he deals with the problem of time, sometimes opt

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