the sun
It is a sonnet.
No, it is a sonnet, a poem of love.
Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day? by William Shakespeare And it would appear to be about a man, not a woman.
in compering the warmness of the person to the warmness of summer day
Spiritualism is in this poem
shall i compare thee to a summers day
It is a sonnet.
No, it is a sonnet, a poem of love.
Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day? by William Shakespeare And it would appear to be about a man, not a woman.
probably sonnet(poem) 18 "shall i compare thee to a summers day..?" and it was very well known :O
Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day? or maybe The Road Not Taken "If" by Rudyard Kipling
in compering the warmness of the person to the warmness of summer day
An iamb in this poem is the same as in any other poem, it is part of the rhythm of the poem where two syllables together are stressed in a particular way. The first syllable is a light and the second a heavy beat, de-dum.Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Spiritualism is in this poem
The poem Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day, also known as Sonnet XVIII, by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is written in iambic pentameter. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date. Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd; But thy eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st; Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st: So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
In Shakespeare's "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day," the poem employs various figures of speech, particularly simile and personification. The central simile compares the beloved to a summer's day, highlighting beauty and warmth. Personification is also evident as nature is described with human qualities, such as the sun having a "golden" face. These literary devices enhance the poem's exploration of love and beauty, making the comparisons more vivid and relatable.
The phrase "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day" from Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 is not symbolism but a direct comparison between the person being addressed and a summer's day. The poem uses nature imagery to highlight the beauty of the beloved and the enduring power of art to preserve that beauty.