That would be William Shakespeare (1564-1616), eldest son of John and Mary Shakespeare of Stratford, Warwickshire, the famous poet and playwright. Not William Shakespeare, Jr. (1869-1950), the inventor of the level winding fishing reel who founded the Shakespeare Reel Company in 1897. Not Robbie Shakespeare (b. 1953) the Jamaican musician either.
"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.
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.
In Sonnet 18 William Shakespeare compares the young man he is writing about (probably Henry Wriothesley - though other identifications are possible) to a Summers Day. Bill thinks Henry is even better than a Summers Day:- for one thing, Henry never rains.
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's sonnet 018 was about love and comparing her to a summers day.
probably sonnet(poem) 18 "shall i compare thee to a summers day..?" and it was very well known :O
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?
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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.
If you mean William Shakespeare's sonnet 73, it is not surprisingly a Shakespearean sonnet.
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
Sonnet 18, also known as "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" was written by William Shakespeare in the 16th century, during the Elizabethan era.