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"Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day" is a great example of how Shakespeare wrote many of his famous poems. As a result of this poet's fascination with the topic of love, he composed many sonnets. These Shakespearean sonnets take on a specific layout, including a two-line couplet at the end. Presently, Shakespearean sonnets are very famous and well-known, and the formatting is still widely used.

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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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Shakespeare Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

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Shakespeare's Sonnet 18, read by Jamie Muffett.

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The speaker of the poem is not specifically stated, however we can infer that it is either Shakespeare or someone who is in love with another. The point of view is in first person , and the audience is his love.

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The theme of this sonnet is that love is eternal. It is truly this because it is said in the couplet: "As long as men can breathe or eyes can see, so long lives this, and this give life to thee." This is stating that for as long are there are people alive, this sonnet with give life to her and their love forever.

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"Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day" describes the love and lust of a man toward a beautiful and timeless woman. Throughout the poem, Shakespeare compares his love to nature; he uses aspects of the outdoors to discuss her. The poem states that although the course of nature changes, his love will not--she will forever stay "fair" and "eternal."

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Shakespeare creates a detailed and beautiful scene through his use of imagery. As he compares his love to nature, he uses phrases such as "rough winds do shake the darling buds of May" and "sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, and often is his gold complexion dimmed." These descriptions assist readers in imagining the scene as they read the poem.

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The sonnet connects to society because it displays a long-lasting share of affection between two people. Through the words used in the poem, we can understand the emotions and find parallels between the love of the speaker and the love in our own lives.

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This poem is a Shakespearean Sonnet. There are 14 lines. The rhyme is ABAB,CDCD,EFEF,GG.

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The poem begins by applying a metaphor to the author's intended subject (the lady being addressed) and a summer's day. The lady's fairness and beauty lasts forever in the poet's eyes, unlike nature's short-lived charms. Further into the poem, the lady "becomes" the summer, immortalizing her grace into the poem's elegance for ages to come, despite death eventually claiming its toll on her.

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This poem displays an iambic pentameter. The author is drawing specific attention to words and sounds in order to create a good flow and rhyme.

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The title of this sonnet is significant because he is comparing his love to a summers day. Summer days are amazing and are beautiful, long lasting, full of enjoyment, etc. Everyone loves summer, and Shakespeare is expressing his love just as someone would if they were talking about summer.

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There are many symbols present throughout the poem. For instance, major symbols include flowers and trees. These are included in the poem to show the progression of time. Through the use of pathetic fallacy, Shakespeare was able to compare human traits and actions to nature and its course. Additionally, stars were incorporated into the poem to symbolize the idea of fate and love.

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The poet devised this poem for his loved one; hence, it takes on a sweet, romantic tone. It gives the subject of the poem a graceful, almost divine status, appropriate considering that it was meant to be a way to confer his true feelings.