In this poem Shakespeare is comparing this woman's beauty to that of a summer's day. Shakespeare wrote over one hundred sonnets about her, each an attempt to summarize her beauty. This sonnet has four quatrains and a rhyming couplet, in an A/B rhyming scheme, the thing that makes the poem special is the attention to detail. Each line has ten syllables, this of course is not a coincidence rather a way of ensuring the poem has good flow. Shakespeare begins his poem with a question, "Shall I Compare thee to a summer's day?" This makes us want to read on, throughout this first quatrain Shakespeare sums up the factors that mar a summers day, "Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May." He tells us that her beauty will always be immortal because she is perfection itself.She is so pretty, so smart, so utterly perfect to him that "Thy eternal summer shall not fade" Shakespeare says she will always be remembered and it is true because here we are 400 years later reading about her beauty in this sonnet. Shakespeare portrays the most stunning images in his mind, the eye of heaven, the darling buds of May, but what makes her different is her immortality, the eye of heaven will fade,the darling buds of May will die, as is the natural cycle. But Shakespeare breaks the natural cycle by putting pen to paper and immortalizing this woman in this sonnet "So long as men can breathe and eyes can see, So long lives this and this gives life to thee." The stunning images Shakespeare shows us of love make this truly one of the best poems ever written.
"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" is a famous line from Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare. The purpose of this line and the sonnet as a whole is to praise the beauty and eternal qualities of the beloved, suggesting that their beauty will never fade, unlike the fleeting nature of a summer's day. It is a reflection on the power of poetry to immortalize beauty and love.
Shall I Compare Thee- Beauford Dainee
There are 11 syllables in the line "shall you compare thee to a summer's day."
Although it is known as, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day," this sonnet is also known by sonnet 18.
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"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" "To be, or not to be? That is the question"
These words are not in a play. "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" is the first line of Shakespeare's sonnet number XVIII (18), officially dedicated to the Dark Lady.
the sun
It is a sonnet.
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" is a famous sonnet written by William Shakespeare, known for its vivid imagery and themes of love and beauty.