All the lines rhyme with some other line.
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)
Although it is known as, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day," this sonnet is also known by sonnet 18.
It is a sentence in English, using modern words except the obsolete (but still used) pronoun "thee", for which we can substitute "you". It means "Shall I compare you to a summer's day?" If that is not clear, you need a lesson in how to read English, which means you don't understand my answer either.
Just look at the last words of each line: day, temperate, May, date, shines, dimm'd, declines, untrimm'd, fade, owest, shade, growest, see, thee. Then check to see which words rhyme with each other: "day" rhymes with "May", so we say that both of those lines have rhyme "a"; "temperate" and "date" rhyme so we call these two lines rhyme "b". Therefore the rhyme scheme of the first four lines is abab. You can figure out the rest in about two seconds: it's a typical Shakespearean sonnet.
It is a sonnet.
Shakespeare's sonnet 018 was about love and comparing her to a summers 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.
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)
Although it is known as, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day," this sonnet is also known by sonnet 18.
It is a sentence in English, using modern words except the obsolete (but still used) pronoun "thee", for which we can substitute "you". It means "Shall I compare you to a summer's day?" If that is not clear, you need a lesson in how to read English, which means you don't understand my answer either.
None of Shakespeare's sonnets have names, only numbers like Sonnet XVIII. The named poems like Venus and Adonis, The rape of Lucrece, and the phoenix and the turtle, are not sonnetsWilliam Shakespeare's sonnets were published first in 1609 under the title "Shake-speare's sonnets". There are 154 sonnets and they are all numbered: Sonnet I, Sonnet II, and so on. Sometimes they are known by their first lines. Shakespeare did not give them names.
Just look at the last words of each line: day, temperate, May, date, shines, dimm'd, declines, untrimm'd, fade, owest, shade, growest, see, thee. Then check to see which words rhyme with each other: "day" rhymes with "May", so we say that both of those lines have rhyme "a"; "temperate" and "date" rhyme so we call these two lines rhyme "b". Therefore the rhyme scheme of the first four lines is abab. You can figure out the rest in about two seconds: it's a typical Shakespearean sonnet.
It is a sonnet.
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.
There are several types of sonnets, but the most widely-known is the Shakespearean sonnet, which is always written in iambic pentameter. This sonnet form is comprised of three quatrains and a rhyming couplet at the end.The rhyme scheme is:Stanza/Quatrain 1: ABABStanza/Quatrain 2: CDCDStanza/Quatrain 3: EFEFCouplet (two lines): GGShakespeare's sonnets are usually ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.
Sonnet 18- Shall I Compare Thee to A Summer's Day? These four are also some of Shakespeare's most popular sonnets Sonnet 029 - When in disgrace with fortune Sonnet 116 - Let me not to the marriage of true minds Sonnet 126 - O thou my lovely boy Sonnet 130 - My Mistress' eyes