Monday, February 2, 2015

Sonnet 18

I wasn't in class today so I didn't get to hear the discussion. One that stood out to me was Sonnet 18 because the first line is very popular "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"I love how Shakespeare compares "her" to summer. Everything beautiful stops being beautiful at some point in time but he's saying how much greater she is and how her beauty will never go away unlike summer. I just thought that this sonnet was very adorable and heart warming!
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  1. OfeOfeFebruary 2, 2015 at 9:40 PM

    Actually Briana, he is describing her as being even more beautiful than summer. "Thou art more lovely and more temperate" so he saying she is more "lovely", I too thought he was comparing her to summer however the discussion in class convinced me otherwise.

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    1. AnonymousFebruary 3, 2015 at 8:21 AM

      I thought he was comparing her beauty to a summer too until Mrs. Ross cleared it up in class that he was actually saying she was more beautiful than summer.

      I also agree Briana the poem is very adorable and heart warming!

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  2. UnknownFebruary 4, 2015 at 9:07 PM

    I just really love how he is saying that her beauty is eternal unlike summer, & how she is graceful and controlled whereas summer summer can get too hot or too humid.

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    1. UnknownFebruary 6, 2015 at 11:59 AM

      Exactly, we often hear poems comparing a person beauty to nature I believe this is the first poem I hear that says the person beauty is greater.

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  3. UnknownFebruary 6, 2015 at 12:21 PM

    I agree with all of you! I love how i personaly can feel the love he is putting out there and how much his love toward his beloved makes him a better person.

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