Although it is known as, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day," this Sonnet is also known by sonnet 18.
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.
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.
It is a sonnet.
No, it is a sonnet, a poem of love.
This is the first line of Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare suggests that the memory of beauty will be immortalized in the sonnet. (see related question)
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.
"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.
probably sonnet(poem) 18 "shall i compare thee to a summers day..?" and it was very well known :O
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.
It is a sonnet.
No, it is a sonnet, a poem of love.
This is the first line of Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare suggests that the memory of beauty will be immortalized in the sonnet. (see related question)
There are 11 syllables in the line "shall you compare thee to a summer's day."
Probably no. 18: "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day."
shall i compare thee to a summers day
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?
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.