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Shakespear Sonnet 18
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“Shall I Compare thee to a Summer’s Day?” by William Shakespeare is a sonnet with comparisons between the short-lived beauty of summer and his beloved’s eternal beauty. In it, Shakespeare expresses an affectionate attitude toward eternal beauty through detailed diction. Sonnet 18 contains optimism, beauty and love. Throughout the text a repetition of consonant sounds, such as “winds…buds” “is…his” “men…can” “eternal…shall”, gives the poem a soft tone. Shakespeare uses consonance as a devise to convey a bright affectionate attitude. The same sense of repetition is demonstrated with alliteration in “summer…short”, “that…thou”, “chance…changing”. David Weiser remarks, “…The alliteration of “chance” and “changing” underscores the inevitability of decline if not by accident then by the predetermined pattern of growth and decay” (Vol.
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Title: Shakespear Sonnet 18
Words: 491
Rating: None
Pages: 2
submitted by: jssyfree
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