Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date.
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
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in the first line of this sonnet shakespeare opens with his main point of the poem which is the comparison of a woman to a summer's day. "shall i compare thee to summer day"the second line acts as ajustification for this statement and wlaborates by showing us how she os like a summer's say. thou art more.... " (you are more lovel and temperate) in regard to rhyme scheme the first and thirs line rhyme of the poem are not re-used. the pattern in this sonnet is as follows:
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In my point of view ,
ReplyDeleteUsing unaffected language Shakespeare paints a brilliant picture comparing the beloved to the summer. But he realizes from the start the differences are vast. While the summer is too windy or too hot the beloved is always mild and temperate. While the summer is too short the beloved shines unabated forever. The beauty of beloved is to defy time and last forever because this sonnet has guaranteed it.
I love this poem for its simple language style, musicality and clearity of the subject... "eternal beauty of his beloved is comparable to nothing..."
ReplyDeletei love this poem
ReplyDeletein simple words the poet talk in the name of all the hearts of the belovers or what usually someone has and wants to say to the one he admires an how he see the one you like very much.
Yes Alaa its realy a lovely poem.And I think that last comparison provides a stark contrast to the time period, “a summer’s day,” introduced at the beginning and exalts poetry along with the beloved.
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ReplyDeleteThe poet describes summer as a season of extremes and disappointments. He begins in lines 3-4, where “rough winds” are an unwelcome extreme and the shortness of summer is its disappointment. He continues in lines 5-6, where he lingers on the imperfections of the summer sun. Here again we find an extreme and a disappointment: the sun is sometimes far too hot, while at other times its “gold complexion” is dimmed by passing clouds. These imperfections contrast sharply with the poet’s description of the fair lord, who is “more temperate” (not extreme) and whose “eternal summer shall not fade” (i.e., will not become a disappointment) thanks to what the poet proposes in line 12.
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ReplyDeleteIn my opinion,This is one of the most famous of all the sonnets. It is noticeable that here the poet is full of confidence that his verse will live as long as there are people drawing breath upon the earth,
The poem works at a rather curious level of achieving its objective through dispraise. The summer's day is found to be lacking in so many respects (too short, too hot, too rough, sometimes too dingy), but curiously enough one is left with the abiding impression that 'the lovely boy' is in fact like a summer's day at its best, fair, warm, sunny, temperate.
this sonnet is avery beatiful piece of writing,expressing love and respect for the beloved,by shakespear.He try to compair between the beauty of his beloved and summers day(the beatiful season in England)so he use simple and love statment in its sonnet
ReplyDeleteLove is simple and so is this Shakespearian sonnet . He uses a well known thing to compare his beloved with in order to facilitate the hole image for the audience. Therefore, the audience won't find hard times to follow him in his description and that allows them to concentrate on more important thing like the tone, the images, the personifications and so on.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, Shakespeare, in the last line, emphasizes that the beauty of his love is eternal though the beauty of a summer's day is not. But, for me, I see that a summer's day will always has a special beauty to make this comparison understandable for us, even after 400 years.
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ReplyDeletein this poem shakespear used aconventional form of poetry to praise poetry and his beloved . he boasted that both would be preserved nearly eternally.
* Shakespeare's sonnets, or simply The Sonnets, is a collection of poems in sonnet form written by William Shakespeare that deal with such themes as love, beauty, politics, and mortality.
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* “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? /
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:”
What if I were to compare you to a summer day?
You are lovelier and more temperate (the perfect temperature):
“Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May /
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:”
Summer's beauty is fragile and can be shaken,
and summertime fades away all too quickly:
“Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines
/ And often is his gold complexion dimm’d;”
Sometimes the sun is far too hot,
and often it is too cool, dimmed by clouds and shade;
“And every fair from fair sometime declines /
By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d;”
And everything that is beautiful eventually loses its beauty,
whether by chance or by the uncontrollable course of nature;
“But thy eternal summer shall not fade /
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;”
But your eternal beauty (or youth) will not fade,
nor will your beauty by lost;
“Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade /
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:”
Nor will Death boast that you wander in his shadow,
since you shall grow with time through these sonnets:
“So long as men can breathe or eyes can see /
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.”
For as long as people can breathe and see,
this sonnet will live on, and you (and your beauty) with it.
Nice comment
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Neveen Abu Sief
ReplyDeleteThank you Neal hijjo for this comment
For me this poem is a simple of courtly love which is not found in our day's but I liked it so much.
ReplyDeleteI loved this poem it talked about real love that is not exist now a day the eternal love
ReplyDeleteThis poem is so enjoyable , I like it so much
ReplyDeleteIt shows the honesty in love , and I think that real love like this bring the happiness to our life .