Shakespeare ensures that the object will be forever in human memory, saved from the oblivion that accompanies death. He achieves this through his verse, believing that, as history writes itself, his object will become one with time.
The last lines reaffirms the poet's hope that as long as there is breath in mankind, his poetry too will live on, and ensure the immortality of his muse.
Shakespeare claims that the object of his sonnet in , Shall I Compare Thee to a Summers Day, will be immortal because of the written word. His beloved's summer will continue as long as there are people alive to read the sonnet.
the sonnet will be read, and its subject thereby visualized far beyond the deaths of anyone then living - indeed, for "so long as men can breathe, or eyes can see".
Because they're both awesome writers
Because Shakespeare wrote a poem about him. Which is kind of true since we still read the poem even if we aren't exactly sure who it is about. (Could be Henry Wriothesley who we would otherwise have forgotten all about.)
Cervantes chose to write in Spanish because that was the language his readers knew. Shakespeare wrote in English because that was the language his audiences understood. Italian writers wrote and still write in Italian because that is what language their readers read.
Shakespeare claims that the object of his sonnet in , Shall I Compare Thee to a Summers Day, will be immortal because of the written word. His beloved's summer will continue as long as there are people alive to read the sonnet.
the sonnet will be read, and its subject thereby visualized far beyond the deaths of anyone then living - indeed, for "so long as men can breathe, or eyes can see".
Because they're both awesome writers
In Sonnet 18, William Shakespeare is writing about a beautiful woman and comparing her beauty to a summer day. The message is, that because he is immortalizing her beauty in verse, it will never really fade. In other words, art, such as poetry, lives on long after physical beauty is gone.
Because Shakespeare wrote a poem about him. Which is kind of true since we still read the poem even if we aren't exactly sure who it is about. (Could be Henry Wriothesley who we would otherwise have forgotten all about.)
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day" is the opening line of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18, where the speaker is praising the beauty and eternal quality of the person they're addressing in the poem. The speaker draws parallels between the person and a summer day to highlight their beauty and perfection.
She is immortal so she never dies... shes immortal because she is a goddess and gods and goddesses are immortal...
Zeus didn't die because he was an immortal and immortal never dies.
Julia Summers has written: 'For you ... because you're my friend'
Because you're immortal.
She is immortal, because she is queen of the Underworld, daughter of Demeter and wife to Hades.
because people want to be immortal so they can live forever and not get hurt or killed if you die thats a problem i want to be immortal