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Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 Overview

William Shakespeare was an English playwright and poet born in Stratford-upon-Avon. He wrote several famous plays and sonnets, including Sonnet 18. The sonnet praises the beauty and constancy of the poet's beloved, comparing them to summer but saying their beauty does not fade as summer does. It hopes to capture the essence of the beloved in poetry to keep them from truly dying. The sonnet explores the enduring nature of love and how poetry can make one eternal.

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Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 Overview

William Shakespeare was an English playwright and poet born in Stratford-upon-Avon. He wrote several famous plays and sonnets, including Sonnet 18. The sonnet praises the beauty and constancy of the poet's beloved, comparing them to summer but saying their beauty does not fade as summer does. It hopes to capture the essence of the beloved in poetry to keep them from truly dying. The sonnet explores the enduring nature of love and how poetry can make one eternal.

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SONNET 18

By: William Shakespeare


AUTHORS BACKGROUND
William Shakespeare, an English
playwright, poet, and actor, was
born at Stratford-upon-Avon
(Town in England). He studied
Latin and ancient literature at
Stratford's King's New School.
When he moved to London, he
joined the King's men playing
company and wrote several plays,
including tragedies like Hamlet and
Macbeth. Shakespeare's writings have
had a significant impact on theater
and literature, and readers have always
cherished his sonnets, which include
Sonnet XVIII, which explores the
enduring essence of love and poetry.
POEMS BACKGROUND
Shakespeare praises his beloved's beauty in
Sonnet 18, listing all the reasons why their
beauty is better than a summer's day. The main
idea of this poem is the constancy of love and
its capacity to make a person eternal. It
conveys intense love, with the speaker hoping
to capture the essence of the departed loved
one in poetry and keep them from truly dying.
The poet describes the one being loved
as very beautiful and deserving of great
respect. Sonnets are connected to
desire because poets have explored the
complex human experience of romantic
love using the sonnet form for ages.
DIFFICULT WORDS
COMPLEXION - the natural HATH - an old-fashioned
color, texture, and third person singular form of
appearance of a person’s the verb `have. Used in a
skin, especially of the face; sentence : He hath sent from
a smooth, pale complexion heaven and delivered me
DIM - (it is a light, color, or BUD/S - a compact growth on
illuminated object) not a plant that develops into a
shining brightly or clearly; leaf, flower, or shoot. Used in
a sentence: The bush has
her face was softened by plenty of buds but no flowers
the dim light yet.
GROUT - a mortar or paste OUST
for filling crevices, especially - drive out or expel
the gaps between wall or (someone) from a
floor tiles. position or place.
Used in a sentence: I need to Used in Sentence: The
grout the bathroom tiles. team was ousted from
UNTRIMMED - not having the tournament in the
.

been trimmed; paths choked


with untrimmed branches; first round of the play-
Orthodox group who wear offs.
their sideburns untrimmed. WANDER
- walk or move in a
leisurely, casual, or
aimless way
TEMPERATE - relating to or denoting a region
or climate characterized by mild temperatures.
Used in Sentence: The Nile Valley keeps a
temperate climate throughout the year.
SONNET 18
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.;
Thank You
Presented by : Group 2

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