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How does Shakespeare present love in Sonnet 18?
The topic of my essay is about how love is presented in Sonnet 18. Sonnet 18 is one of 154 sonnets that Shakespeare had written as a result of an unknown crush. He wrote sonnets to this unknown person in order to win their affection. However, the first 15 sonnets are presented for Her Royal Highness. Shakespeare presents love as a flirtatious game between young lovers. Shakespeare presents love in Sonnet 18 by using language devices such as natural imagery, hyperbole and a rhetorical question.
Shakespeare presents love to the reader by using natural imagery. This presents love that lasts very long for example in the line off Shakespeare’s sonnet 18 he says “shall I compare thee to a summers day” this shows the reader that he’s love for him or her is going to be for the rest of his or her life. It uses natural imagery because summer is not made by anyone or anything. There are many other language devices that relate to natural imagery for example “so long as men can breath and the eye can see” this is natural imagery that relates to a males body, so it makes it easier to understand what point Shakespeare is trying to get across to the reader and it also makes it easier to understand because Shakespeare uses modern day language to get his point through to his crush weather it’s a male or a female person.
Shakespeare presents love to the reader by using hyperbole. This presents love as statements that are not meant to be taken seriously for example Shakespeare says and I quote “summer shall not fade” this is not meant to be taken seriously by the reader or Shakespeare’s crush before Shakespeare states “summer shall not fade” he says “eternal summer” in this saying Shakespeare is using natural imagery and hyperbole to put his point across to the reader He he is just showing his crush that his love will last all summer, that’s why his saying “eternal summer”, eternal means for ever and ever so he will love him or her for an eternal amount of time, this statement from sonnet 18 (“eternal summer shall not fade”) I do not believe that Shakespeare wants the readers of sonnet 18 to believe that summer will last forever so it is important that I make it clear in this essay Shakespeare does not mean summer is coming forever
Shakespeare presents love to the reader by using a rhetorical question. There is a rhetorical question in the first line of sonnet 18 “shall I compare thee to summers day” most people enjoy a bright warm sunny day so Shakespeare is asking weather he should compare his crush to one of these (hot sunny day) Shakespeare must know weather his crush likes Sunny days or not because if they dislike a sunny day it would put Shakespeare even further back down the friends list but if they like a hot summers day then it will put a positive vibe on Shakespeare crush and be happy to be compared to a hot summers day
In conclusion, Shakespeare presents love by using language devices such as hyperbole, natural imagery and a rhetorical question. Overall these language devices communicate Shakespeare’s crush likes a summers day the author can use a question which asks if he should compare them to a summers day for example shakespeare says “shall I compare thee to a summers day”.
5 sonnet summary
Sonnet 18
OVERVIEW
The man who speaks begins by asking whether he should or will compare “thee to a summer day”. he says that his beloved is more lovely and more even tempered. he then runs off a list of reasons why summer isn’t all great that winds shake the buds that emerged in summer ends to quickly and the sun can get to hot or be blocked by The cloud.
Sonnet 73
OVERVIEW
In lines 13-14 you get a contrasting idea to sonnet18, though it is related. The speaker tells the person he is talking to that because he (the the mans who’s reading) is to die very soon the other person should treasure their love for the rest of his/her life.f
Sonnet 55
OVERVIEW
Talking to the prison he loves. the speaker begins with some confident words of comfort no other memorials, however permanent, can outdo this sonnet, which will live longer and shine bright like a diamond. Other human creations have to deal with time and violent war, but this poem escapes both of these downers.
Sonnet 101
OVERVIEW
Continuing his plea to the Muse of poetry, the poet abandons his silence and preach about the nature of truth and beautifulness. Nature he says is the poet’s truth cosmetic beauty his falsehood “Truth needs no color with his color fixed, Beauty no pencil beauty’s truth to lay.”
Sonnet 152
OVERVIEW
The end of the relationship between the man who reads and his misses becomes apparent. Addressing the woman with a sense of embarrassment and utter anger, the poet is fully conscious of his own adultery and that of his misses.
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