sonnet18

Sonnet18WilliamShakespeare(1564---1616)ThefloweroftheEnglishRenaissance,holdingtheforemostplaceinEnglishliteratureWidelyregardedasthegreatestwriterinEnglishLiteratureIntroductiontoShakespeareBorntoJohnShakespeareandmotherMaryArdensometimein1564inStratford-upon-Avon.attendedtheStratfordGrammarSchoolHismarriagetoAnneHathawayin1582.ThreechildrenHeisrecognizedasanactor,poetandplaywright.oneofthemostsuccessfulactingtroupe'sinLondon:TheLordChamberlain'sMenbuildtheirowntheatreacrosstheThames,southofLondon,whichtheycalledTheGlobe.wrote37plays154sonnets2longnarrativepoemsSonnet14-linelyricpoemwithasinglethemeusuallywritteniniambicpentameterRhymedababcdcdefefgg3stanzasandaconcludingtwolinecoupletSonnet18Theme:Thispoetrywillbringeternitytotheonehelovesandeulogizes.1.Expressloveandpraisetoayoungman2.Immortalizebeautythroughverses3.FriendshipMainideas:Quatrain1:praisethebeautyoftheyoungmanQuatrain2:changesinlifeandnatureQuatrain3:yourbeautywilllastforeverCouplet:yourbeautywillliveinmypoem.àImmortalizebeautyExpressions:Thouart:youareSometime:sometimes,occasionallyTheeyeofheaven:thesunEveryfair:everybeautifulthingorpersonUntrimm’d:strippedofitsbeautyShallIcompareyoutoasummer'sday?(youheremeansthepoet'slover)Youaremorelovelyandmoretemperatethansummer.Summerhasmanyextremesanditgoesbytoofast.Sometimesthesummer'ssunshineistoobright,sometimesitistoodim.Summerleadstotheforthcomingofautumn(asthenature'schangeofseason).Butyourbeautyshallnotfadeawaylikesummer.Nothingcanbeathreattoyourbeauty.Sinceyourbeautyispreservedinthispoem,aslongasthispoemexists,yourbeautywilllastforever.18.“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer'sday?”byShakespeareShallIcomparetheetoasummer'sday?Thouartmorelovelyandmoretemperate.RoughwindsdoshakethedarlingbudsofMay,Andsummer'sleasehathalltooshortadate.Sometimetoohottheeyeofheavenshines,Andoftenishisgoldcomplexiondimm'd;Andeveryfairfromfairsometimedeclines,Bychanceornature'schangingcourseuntrimm'd;(trim:Tomakeneat,ortoadjustorbalanceaship)*Summer–temporary(withalease),sun=theeyeofheaven,withaface*Changesanddecay=regularsometimes,chancyandirregularsometimesImagesofdecay;Repetition&contrast?////18.“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer'sday?”byShakespeareShallIcomparetheetoasummer'sday?Thouartmorelovelyandmoretemperate.RoughwindsdoshakethedarlingbudsofMay,Andsummer'sleasehathalltooshortadate.Sometimetoohottheeyeofheavenshines,Andoftenishisgoldcomplexiondimm'd;Andeveryfairfromfairsometimedeclines,Bychanceornature'schangingcourseuntrimm'd;(trim:Tomakeneat,ortoadjustorbalanceaship)*Summer–temporary(withalease),sun=theeyeofheaven,withaface*Changesanddecay=regularsometimes,chancyandirregularsometimesImagesofdecay;Repetition&contrast?////“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer'sday?”byShakespeareButthyeternalsummershallnotfadeNorlosepossessionofthatfairthouow'st;NorshallDeathbragthouwander'stinhisshade,Whenineternallinestotimethougrow'st:Solongasmencanbreatheoreyescansee,Solonglivesthis,andthisgiveslifetothee.1.ow’st–own,possess2.This–thepoem18.“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer'sday?”byShakespeareShallIcomparetheetoasummer'sday?Thouartmorelovelyandmoretemperate.RoughwindsdoshakethedarlingbudsofMay,Andsummer'sleasehathalltooshortadate.Sometimetoohottheeyeofheavenshines,Andoftenishisgoldcomplexiondimm'd;Andeveryfairfromfairsometimedeclines,Bychanceornature'schangingcourseuntrimm'd;(trim:Tomakeneat,ortoadjustorbalanceaship)*Summer–temporary(withalease),sun=theeyeofheaven,withaface*Changesanddecay=regularsometimes,chancyandirregularsometimesImagesofdecay;Repetition&contrast?Spondee////“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer'sday?”byShakespeareButthyeternalsummershallnotfadeNorlosepossessionofthatfairthouow'st;NorshallDeathbragthouwander'stinhisshade,Whenineternallinestotimethougrow'st:Solongasmencanbreatheoreyescansee,Solonglivesthis,andthisgiveslifetothee.1.ow’st–own,possess2.This–thepoem18.“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer'sday?”byShakespeareShallIcomparetheetoasummer'sday?Thouartmorelovelyandmoretemperate.RoughwindsdoshakethedarlingbudsofMay,Andsummer'sleasehathalltooshortadate.Sometimetoohottheeyeofheavenshines,Andoftenishisgoldcomplexiondimm'd;Andeveryfairfromfairsometimedeclines,Bychanceornature'schangingcourseuntrimm'd;(trim:Tomakeneat,ortoadjustorbalanceaship)*Summer–temporary(withalease),sun=theeyeofheaven,withaface*Changesanddecay=regularsometimes,chancyandirregularsometimesImagesofdecay;Repetition&contrast?Spondee////“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer'sday?”byShakespeareButthyeternalsummershallnotfadeNorlosepossessionofthatfairthouow'st;NorshallDeathbragthouwander'stinhisshade,Whenineternallinestotimethougrow'st:Solongasmencanbreatheoreyescansee,Solonglivesthis,andthisgiveslifetothee.1.ow’st–own,possess2.This–thepoem1)Thouartmorelovelyandmoretemperate2)ThyeternalsummerApparentContradictionsinStanza11)Summer’simagesofbeauty(Roughwindsvs.)thedarlingbudsofMayeveryfairfromfairsometimedeclines2)Imagesoftransienceorviolence:Roughwindsshakessummer'slease...tooshortadatetoohottheeyeofheaven[Sun’s]goldcomplexiondimm'dQuestions:Howdoesthepoetanswerthequestionheputsforthinthefir