theme:
the general theme of this poem
is the greatness og poetry poetery is eternal,it never perishes(dies)
Analysis
William Shakespeare’s sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day
is a typical English or Shakespearean sonnet when it comes to its formal
characteristics. Thus, the sonnet contains three quartets, and a couplet.
Furthermore, the sonnet has the characteristic rhyme scheme of English sonnets:
AB AB
CD CD EF EF GG. The form of English sonnets often encourages the thorough
consideration of an argument or idea, which is then wittily illustrated or
summed up somehow in the final couplet . In comparison to the typical form of
English sonnets, I find the form of Shakespeare’s sonnet 18 to be somewhat
different. But, admittedly, sonnet 18 does encourage the thorough consideration
of a particular idea. The idea being to compare the poet’s beloved to a
summer’s day. However, this idea is not wittily illustrated or summed up in the
final couplet. Instead, Shakespeare uses the last lines of the sonnet to go in
a new direction towards a surprising conclusion. Until line 8, Shakespeare has
compared his object of affection to a summer’s day, whereas in lines 9-14, the
attention is shifted towards arguing that poetry is immortal. Consequently, the
form in sonnet 18 is not the form of a typical English sonnet. Instead,
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الأربعاء أبريل 25, 2012 9:27 am من طرف *cutegirl*
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