Sonnets 18 and 116
William Shakespeare’s Sonnets 18 and 116
William Shakespeare is often regarded as the greatest writer of the English Language. He is renowned for his plays and poetry. He has written 150 sonnets and many plays and poems. Sonnets 18 and 116 will be discussed in this essay.
The language features of Sonnet 18 and 116 are…….
The structure is…..
Sonnet 18 structure consists of three quatrains and a couplet. In quatrain 1 he compares his beloved to “a summer’s day”. He is explaining that his beloved is even lovelier than the perfect summer’s day. Quatrain two says that sometimes summer (and love) are too hot and can decrease the beauty of the beloved. “And every fair from fair sometime declines” (line 7). In quatrain 3, Shakespeare is declaring that everything else beautiful must eventually fade away and that his beloved will not lose her beauty even when she dies. The couplet explains as long as there are readers the beloved shall always live. The sonnet has 14 lines and each line has 10 syllables and a rhyme scheme of A,B,A,B,C,D,C,E,F,E, and G ,G. Sonnet 116 refers to marriage. But marriage of minds rather than the actual ceremony. Like all sonnets, it has the following structure: a verse of 14 lines, rhyme scheme equal to sonnet 18’s and each line has 10 syllables. It is also divided up into four sections. The quatrains in sonnet 116
The vocabulary….
Sonnet 18 is one of the best known sonnets that Shakespeare has written. The main theme of the sonnet is “ Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? The sonnet is divided into four sections of lines called quatrains- three with four lines and one with two which is actually a couplet. In quatrain 1 he compares his beloved to “a summer’s day”. He is explaining that his beloved is even more lovely than the perfect summer’s day. Quatrain 2: The eye of heaven is referring to the sun and that it is “too hot” “and often his gold complexion dimm’d” (line 6) means that the suns golden rays are dimmed by
William Shakespeare is often regarded as the greatest writer of the English Language. He is renowned for his plays and poetry. He has written 150 sonnets and many plays and poems. Sonnets 18 and 116 will be discussed in this essay.
The language features of Sonnet 18 and 116 are…….
The structure is…..
Sonnet 18 structure consists of three quatrains and a couplet. In quatrain 1 he compares his beloved to “a summer’s day”. He is explaining that his beloved is even lovelier than the perfect summer’s day. Quatrain two says that sometimes summer (and love) are too hot and can decrease the beauty of the beloved. “And every fair from fair sometime declines” (line 7). In quatrain 3, Shakespeare is declaring that everything else beautiful must eventually fade away and that his beloved will not lose her beauty even when she dies. The couplet explains as long as there are readers the beloved shall always live. The sonnet has 14 lines and each line has 10 syllables and a rhyme scheme of A,B,A,B,C,D,C,E,F,E, and G ,G. Sonnet 116 refers to marriage. But marriage of minds rather than the actual ceremony. Like all sonnets, it has the following structure: a verse of 14 lines, rhyme scheme equal to sonnet 18’s and each line has 10 syllables. It is also divided up into four sections. The quatrains in sonnet 116
The vocabulary….
Sonnet 18 is one of the best known sonnets that Shakespeare has written. The main theme of the sonnet is “ Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? The sonnet is divided into four sections of lines called quatrains- three with four lines and one with two which is actually a couplet. In quatrain 1 he compares his beloved to “a summer’s day”. He is explaining that his beloved is even more lovely than the perfect summer’s day. Quatrain 2: The eye of heaven is referring to the sun and that it is “too hot” “and often his gold complexion dimm’d” (line 6) means that the suns golden rays are dimmed by