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Fatima Arriola
Professor Batty
English 102
24 September 2017
Most people say that love is not a "real thing" or that it doesn't exist. There's no definite answer
to such a question, but throughout the years, we have established romanticism all over the world.
We spread love everywhere with family, friends, co-workers, bosses, and acquaintances. This
might sound weird, but sometimes we share compassion with people who hate us. Love is a word
that could interpret as many things. Imagine a poem written with insane language that most
people won't even have a clue on what they're reading. Long ago, a new man was born without
knowing that he was going to have such a powerful gift of writing. His name was William
Shakespeare. The man whose stories we read this day and who we admire for writing such
masterpieces including romantic, tragedy, comedy and histories plays. Shakespeare wrote a
sonnet once that became and still is famous. "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" is the
sonnet that people have engaged with throughout the decades. This sonnet was written for the
entire population, but "not everyone is willing to accept the role of Sonnet 18 as the last English
love poem. Most people don't think this sonnet has no outgoing romanticism because there's no
proof that this poem is directly for a girl or that it was written specifically for a person. I back up
this argument by saying that Shakespeare intentionally didn't write this sonnet correctly for
someone but overall this sonnet expresses love and beauty by explaining how
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a person can be beautiful on the inside, and the outside is knowing that their beauty will never
fade away.
Shakespeare's sonnet eighteen is of the most famous poems that contain metaphors. He
uses figurative language to dramatize the poem and uses loveliness of the words and
metaphorical language to make the poem more fascinating to the reader. The metaphors
Shakespeare uses throughout the poem describe "the traditional idea that we all live in the
seasons of man; spring has the most promise, but summer being the strongest." I believe that he
creates this poem as a big metaphor, so the reader finds the work higher end and not easy to
understand, which is why Shakespeare's language is complicated. When Shakespeare says, "But
thy eternal summer shall not fade," he uses a metaphor that says she will always be young to
him, and that her glow and strength is everlasting." According to a source from "Literary
Resources" a young poet named Thomas Alan Broughton said that William Shakespeare poem is
directly for a woman, so for that particular reason, Thomas decided to rewrite Shakespeare's
sonnet in an easier way of understanding it. Thomas Alan Broughton Shakespeare pays close
attention to the rhyme pattern in every line, carefully choosing the words that fit the pattern.
When he mentions the word "summer," I think of a bright, happy yellow color which makes me
imagine I'm in a happy place when I read the line of the poem. The colors that are existing give
the poem a wisdom of life but also dimness which makes it look as if the months and time is
being stopped and doesn't know which side to take. This is practically seen in the poem with the
speaker not knowing what to do with the time that is sliding away. This is reasonably seen in the
poem with the speaker not knowing what to do with the time that is slipping away. In this case,
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Shakespeare changes the season through his writing using figurative languages that express
reality.
This sonnet that William Shakespeare wrote in iambic pentameter because it has a regular
pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of the poetry. There are fourteen lines in a
Shakespearean sonnet. "The first twelve lines are divided into three quatrains with four lines
each. In the three verses, the poet establishes a theme or problem and then resolves it in the final
two lines, called the couplet. There are two quatrains (groups of four lines), followed by a third
quatrain in which the tone of the poem shifts a bit which is in turn followed by a rhyming couplet
(two lines) that wraps the poem up". Shakespeare has a bizarre way of putting things, so that turn
our rhyming. The form of this sonnet is also notable for being a perfect model of the
Shakespearean sonnet form. "This poem also has the uniquely English turn of a final rhyming
verse that somewhat sums up and partially renews what came before it. In this case, the closing
lines have the feel of a cute little poem of their own, making it clear that the poet's skills were the
theme of this poem all along. Surely, this poem has some of the qualities of a love poem, but this
poem isn't just a poet's expression of love for someone else". These stylish elements make us
understand the language more clearly because when you first read the poem, it's very confusing
to know without knowing if you're interpreting the same way everyone is. The metaphors are
quite tricky, but the point of having them is to inform the reader how the poet is trying to
translate his word into our imagination. The poet is trying to make us feel what he felt when he
wrote the poem which is the most important thing that any poet wants to have with the reader.
Now that I have discussed the formalist lens of the poem, I'm moving on to the historical context
attended grammar school, but his formal education proceeded no further. In 1582, he got married
and had three children with Anne Hathaway. Around 1590 he left his family behind and traveled
to London to work as an actor and playwright. That's when his name was getting familiar with
the town, and Shakespeare eventually became the most popular playwright in England and part
owner of the Globe Theater. According to an Article from "ThoughCo." written by Lee
Jamieson stated that it wasn't until 1609 that the sonnets first appeared in print in an
unauthorized edition by Thomas Thorpe. "Most critics agree that Shakespeare's sonnets were
published without his consent because the 1609 text seems to be based on an incomplete or draft
copy of the poems. The text is riddled with errors, and some believe that certain sonnets are
unfinished". In sonnet 18 Shakespeare proves his humanist nature that is plain of the Renaissance
period. Much of the language signifies the Renaissance view of the Renaissance period. Much of
the language means the Renaissance view of human power over nature. It seems that
Shakespeare is directing out how humankind is the center of the living formation with every
other thing there to serve the needs of humanity. He then describes all of the beauty of nature
that falls short of the vibrant nature of humankind. This love of admiration is Shakespearean
language to the essential. Placing values on the nonliving and then escalating the levels to the
greatness and intelligence of humanity. I think Shakespeare got inspired mostly by the people. I
can tell the William Shakespeare was a very extraordinary passionate person who was a seeker
for love. All of this information about Shakespeare makes me realize and understand why he
wrote such poems with such immensely powerful words that mean so much to today world. I
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think his primary goal was to bring joy and romanticism alive since love wasn't a huge in the
renaissance period.
known. His time was extremely different from ours today, despite the fact we don't believe in
true love anymore. Love has died even though people make it seem like they care when they
don't. The most amazing thing is that we still connect to Literature poems, for example,
Shakespeare sonnet "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day," which is well known by most
people. This sonnet brings beauty to our world by the way the words are being expressed and
used. It amazing how something so old can relate to our generation these days and how it can
make us interpret things. Going back to the sonnet "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day," I
still believe that this poem can bring a lot of happiness to everyone because it has such an
incredible message behind of how everyone has beauty inside of them and how it will never fade
away.
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Works Cited
Broughton, Thomas Alan. "Shall I Compare Thee?" The Southern Review, vol. 37, no. 3, 2001,
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Jamieson, Lee. "What to Know About Shakespeare's Sonnets." ThoughtCo, 28 May 2017,
www.thoughtco.com/the-shakespearian-sonnet-2985265.
Mabillard, Amanda. Analysis of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 - Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day,
www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/18detail.html.
Gonzalez, Maxine. Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day? Prezi.com, 27 Feb. 2013,
prezi.com/r5laivslb3wp/shall-i-compare-thee-to-a-summers-day/.
Shmoop Editorial Team. Sonnet 18 Form and Meter. Shmoop, Shmoop University, 11 Nov. 2008,
www.shmoop.com/sonnet-18/rhyme-form-meter.html.