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What is round like a dish and shines like a fish?

My guess, the moon. the sun


Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines?

"The eye of heaven shines" is a reference to the sun. It is the the fifth line of Shakespeare's Sonnet #18 and he is talking about a summer day, comparing it to his friend. He is telling him that Summer days are almost perfect, but the sun can be too hot or not shine enough. Whereas his friend is always temperate, never too hot or cold, even tempered.


Why does Shakespeare rhyme shines and decline in sonnet 18?

In Sonnet 18, Shakespeare uses the rhyme of "shines" and "decline" to create a harmonious sound that enhances the poem's musicality. This pairing underscores the theme of beauty and the inevitability of aging, contrasting the radiant qualities of the beloved with the natural decline that comes with time. The rhyme also helps to emphasize the idea that despite this decline, the beloved's beauty can be preserved through poetry, reinforcing the sonnet's central message.


What line from Shakespeare's sonnet 18 contains a metaphor?

"Too hot the eye of heaven shines" The eye of heaven is the sun. "Thy eternal summer shall not fade" Your youth shall not fade. There are a few metaphors/personification.


What is a metaphor in Shakespeare's sonnet 55?

"But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone, besmear'd with sluttish time." This is the basic idea of the poem, that poetry outlasts architecture. The idea that poetry "shines" is metaphorical.