Shakespeare SONNET 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

Shakespeare SONNET 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? | Close Reading, Summary & Analysis

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A literary analysis of Shakespeare's sonnet 18, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
Introduction to Shakespeare's Sonnets: docs.google.com/document/d/1P...
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@leowald1 Жыл бұрын

I think the word "thee" is reflecting the poetry - not a person. Shakespeare personifies the poetry by using thee/thou in the poem. In a sense he feels so connected to poetry that he compares it to a living person.

@luciferchan-ui5fy 7 ай бұрын

But won't that make the last line a little weird? "So long lives this, and this gives life to thee." The "this" in the line is surely talking about the sonnet itself and if so, and if "thee" refers to the poem according to you then it would imply that the sonnet is giving birth to itself and that as long as the sonnet lives it would give life to itself.

@wareeshahossainzoya1731 2 ай бұрын

See how shakespeare refers to "'his' gold complexion" , and "in 'his' shade" , its more likely to be a person. And the last 'this' , i think , refers to the poetry while 'thee' refers to the young man.

@makenzietownsend8768 5 ай бұрын

This was so helapful in my Composition 2 essay! This assignment has inspired me to read the full list of sonnets from Shakespeare.

@closereadingpoetry 5 ай бұрын

That's wonderful! You're in for a treat.

@randamahairy2671 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the explanation I'm studying English literature and soon I will have an Exam

@chloewalker8777 Жыл бұрын

😁🥰 explained so well!!

@jlerouxgriffioen 2 жыл бұрын

Thans You!

@iamdead246 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@closereadingpoetry 2 жыл бұрын

No problem

@fatemehfallah1388 5 ай бұрын

😍😍😍😍

@kamtarirmazhak Жыл бұрын

i think the line that goes "nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade" explains this sonnet is written for a male person (his shade??).

@closereadingpoetry Жыл бұрын

I think "his shade" refers to Death's shade. The person the sonnet addresses appears in the ungendered second person pronouns (thou/thee). But in the context of the surrounding sonnets, it does make sense to think the sonnet is written to a male person. At the same time, I'd say that there isn't anything within the poem that genders the person addressed.

@kamtarirmazhak Жыл бұрын

@@closereadingpoetry makes sense. thanks..

@wareeshahossainzoya1731 2 ай бұрын

@@closereadingpoetry what about 'his gold complexion'?