"A summer's day" or "the darling buds of May". Flowers were a favourite symbol for transient beauty for Shakespeare. See, "for women are as roses, whose fair flower, being once displayed, doth fall that very hour." in Twelfth Night II,4.
Sonnet 18 and sonnet 116
sonnet 18
The dominant image in Sonnet 18 is light. Sonnet 18 was written by William Shakespeare and is sometimes referred to as Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Yes The sonnet is dripping with metaphor
No
Shakespeare's "Sonnet 18" ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"), "Sonnet 130" ("My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun"), and Petrarch's "Sonnet 90" ("She used to let her golden hair fly free").
Some imagery used in Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare include a summer day, winds shaking the buds in May, and a gold complexion. Sonnet 18 is also known by the title, 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?'
Sonnet 18 and sonnet 116
Some examples of Shakespeare's short sonnets include Sonnet 18 ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"), Sonnet 29 ("When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes"), and Sonnet 130 ("My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun").
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sonnet 18
In Sonnet 18, Shakespeare uses personification when he describes the sun as "the eye of heaven" and when he says that the sun's "gold complexion" is "dimmed." These examples give human-like qualities to the sun, making it seem more alive and powerful in the poem.
The dominant image in Sonnet 18 is light. Sonnet 18 was written by William Shakespeare and is sometimes referred to as Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
The speaker of Sonnet 18 is Shakespeare, and the subject of the sonnet is the beauty and immortality of the beloved, often interpreted as a reflection of the power of poetry.
Yes The sonnet is dripping with metaphor
No
yes