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Sonnet 18
William Shakespeare
Theme
The theme for Sonnet 18 is that natural beauty fades, but beauty written in poetry lasts for an eternity.
Shakespeare thinks that his friend is someone with great talent and good to be around, so he immortalizes those feelings into poetry.
Sonnet 18 is a Shakespearean Sonnet. These types of poems are written in three quatrains followed by a couplet.
Sound Devices
Sonnet 18 uses meter, (iambic pentameter) assonance, and alliteration.
Assonance-The repetition of vowel sounds without repeating consonants; sometimes called vowel rhyme.
Assonance example and meaning:
"So long lives this, and this gives life to thee." (Shakespeare 14)
Shakespeare's saying his friends talent and beauty will live on as long as the poem dedicated to him lives on. The repetition of the "e" makes this sentence an assonance.
Alliteration- The repetition of initial stressed, consonant sounds in a series of words within a phrase or verse line.
Alliteration example and meaning:
"By chance or nature's changing course untrimmed:" (Shakespeare 8)
He's saying that everything beautiful will one day fade, no matter what. He uses the repetition of the letter "c" in "chance," "changing," and "course."
Figurative Language
Sonnet 18 contains examples of metaphors and imagery.
Metaphor- A comparison that is made directly or less directly , but in any case without pointing out a similarity by using words such as “like,” “as,” or “than.”
Metaphor example and meaning:
"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" (Shakespeare 1)
His friend is as calm and beautiful as a summer day. He is comparing the two by saying his friend is a summers day.
Imagery- Elements of a poem that invoke any of the five senses to create a set of mental images. Specifically, using vivid or figurative language to represent ideas, objects, or actions.
Imagery example and meaning:
"Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May." (Shakespeare 3)
Shakespeare is saying that rough winds (angry people) do shake (ruin his day) the darling buds of May (flowers) meaning, his friend does the opposite of this, and that's why he enjoys their company. This sentence appeals to the eye, because you can image rough winds shaking a flower.
Citations
“Glossary of Poetic Terms.” Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation, https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms.
Sparknotes, SparkNotes, https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/sonnets/section2/.