.Shakespeare’s Love Sonnets Readers would find, that in comparing and contrasting two of William Shakespeare’s famous 1609 sonnets: “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day” and “My Mistress’ Eyes Are Nothing Like The Sun,” one would find that both sonnets express his sincere affections in a delightful manner most readers would enjoy; however, most readers would find “My Mistress’ Eyes Are Nothing Like The Sun” more enjoyable. Both Shakespearean sonnets allude to the theme of love and beauty through use of metaphors to nature. Shakespeare’s conventional Shakespearean sonnet “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day” is an ode, which uses a sincere tone which alludes to the mortality of his subjects’ beauty. In contrast, another sonnet of his, “My Mistress’ Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun” is another ode, of which uses a mocking tone, parodying the conventional style of love sonnets. In this sonnet, he describes his mistress as flawed, but in the last lines of the sonnet, he declares that he loves her regardless of these flaws.
Another comparison of the two poems is the difference in the relationship between the writer and the subject. In sonnet 18, the relationship is one of admiration and wonder. It is said that the subject is ‘more lovely and more temperate’ than a summer’s day. This indicates that there is no point in comparing them because the subject is so much better. Also, the repetition of ‘more’ creates more emphasis on the fact she is better
He uses persuasion at the start of the poem, but then starts charming his mistress by saying he’ll love her once they have sexual intercourse. One of the most obvious similarities between both poems are that they both have a male narrator. Both poems are also similar as they both contain lines about death. In Sonnet 116, Shakespeare is saying that if its true love what someone is going through then they shall love someone even until they die. “but bears it out even to the edge of doom” He is really saying, that no matter what happens through life, you shall love that person unconditionally even when they die.
Up to this day, marriage is still used in comedies as it gives the comedic effect to the audience. Additionally, Shakespearean comedy tends to end on a happy note, very commonly with a marriage, ‘happily ever after’ or a sudden realization of the whole conflict/situation. In act III scene II, the wedding day of Pertruchio and Katherina arrives. This is an important part of the play because the structure did not follow a typical Shakespearean comedy play as the celebration of holy matrimony, meaning creating and restoring peace after a mass of tension in the plot/storyline, typically happens at the end. Katherina and Pertruchio not getting married at the end is ambiguous because it suggested that Katherina might not become the ‘shrew’ as what Pertruchio wanted.
Shakespeare's sonnet does use symbolism, however it is very simple and easy to understand. Shakespeare compares love to the beauty of a summers day , and the joy it brings to each and every person. This is an amazing idea of how love and friendship should be!! It is almost refreshing. In this sonnet Shakespeare does mention rough times, however, even though sometimes there are rough times in life, love and friendship will conquer all.
In this essay, I will be showing a comparison between ‘Romeo and Juliet’ (Shakespeare), ‘To His Coy Mistress’ (Marvel) and ‘Sonnet 130’ (Also by Shakespeare). The first main comparison between these three texts is that they all show different types of love. ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is based on true love as both main characters fall in love with each other at first sight. Shakespeare shows their love by the soliloquy and the sonnet that he added to this text as the words and techniques used in them project a connection between Romeo and Juliet. ‘To His Coy Mistress’ shows an idea of a sexual and lustful love.
Shakespeare uses metaphors to convey the theme of love. An example of this is when Romeo says ‘it is the East and Juliet is the sun’. Romeo is comparing Juliet to the sun therefore it conveys the idea that Romeo thinks very highly of Juliet. He believes her to be very beautiful and highly important. This creates the impression that Romeo is saying that he couldn’t live without her.
Poem Comparison Sonnet 18 & Sonnet 73 Sonnet 18 and 73 are similar in a way that they are both metaphors where the life of a person, or the person itself, is being compared to nature. However, they are being compared to different seasons of the year, one as eternal summer, the other one as aging autumn. In Sonnet 18, Shakespeare compares his beloved one to a summer’s day, but is actually showing how much better she is. He says she is “more lovely and more temperate” unlike summer that has its dark, cold and rainy days. His beloved one doesn’t lose her bloom like all the other flowers when faced with “rough winds”.
Use the poems we read in class as your models to follow when you write your own. Remember, this is a "write-like" poem, so you should try to write like the authors of the poems below. Your poem should pose a question/situation/problem, a turning point, and a resolution - just like the sonnets did that we read in class. Sonnet 18 Shakespeare 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
1 SHAKESPEARE’S SONNETS (PARTIAL LISTING) & ANALYSIS XVIII (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 dimmed, And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed: 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. This is one of the most famous of all the sonnets, justifiably so. But it would be a mistake to take it entirely in isolation, for it links in with so many of the other sonnets through the themes of the descriptive power of verse; the ability of the poet to depict the fair youth adequately, or not; and the immortality conveyed through being hymned in these 'eternal lines'. 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, whereas later he apologises for his poor wit and his humble lines which are inadequate to encompass all the youth's excellence.