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Analysis of Sonnet #18
Presented by: Komal Mohammad Moosa
To: Nazra Zahid Sheikh
Introduction
• William Shakespeare has written this poem.
• He himself is the speaker of the poem.
• He has addressed to a young man.
• The tone of the writer is a soft one that implies
many facts of his growth and decline process.
Summary:
• The sonnet is written for a young man to make him
understand his personality, his reactions towards
procreating, and his will.
• Where in the second part from the line 8, the writer
clearly opens up the reality of nature’s course that is the
death of the young man.
• He hints at the benefits of procreation by
saying that death cannot snatch anything from
you whether it be the warmth or harshness.
• At the end he tells that you will become
eternal through your descendants.
Themes
• Love
• Marriage
• Death
• Eternality
Meter
• The meter is as per convention of the Shakespearean sonnets.
• As ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GG.
• Lines are of middle length.
• Repetition of some of the functional words such as: So, long,
nor occurs.
• Overall the sonnet’s language is classical and somewhat
difficult.
Literary devices and Imagery
• A summer’s day: friendliness providing entity
(Personification),
• Rough winds: harsh behavior,
• Shake: keep at a distance,
• Darling buds: little cute emotions
• May: beholder, partner
• Gold complexion: attractiveness
• Dimmed: become less urging.
• Fair from fair (alliteration)
• Fade: come to an end
wander’st: mood swing, negativity.
• Eye of heaven: sun (Personification)
• Shines: hinders,
• Eternal lines: descendants.
•
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Analysis sonnet 18

  • 1. Analysis of Sonnet #18 Presented by: Komal Mohammad Moosa To: Nazra Zahid Sheikh
  • 2. Introduction • William Shakespeare has written this poem. • He himself is the speaker of the poem. • He has addressed to a young man. • The tone of the writer is a soft one that implies many facts of his growth and decline process.
  • 3. Summary: • The sonnet is written for a young man to make him understand his personality, his reactions towards procreating, and his will. • Where in the second part from the line 8, the writer clearly opens up the reality of nature’s course that is the death of the young man.
  • 4. • He hints at the benefits of procreation by saying that death cannot snatch anything from you whether it be the warmth or harshness. • At the end he tells that you will become eternal through your descendants.
  • 5. Themes • Love • Marriage • Death • Eternality
  • 6. Meter • The meter is as per convention of the Shakespearean sonnets. • As ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GG. • Lines are of middle length. • Repetition of some of the functional words such as: So, long, nor occurs. • Overall the sonnet’s language is classical and somewhat difficult.
  • 7. Literary devices and Imagery • A summer’s day: friendliness providing entity (Personification), • Rough winds: harsh behavior, • Shake: keep at a distance, • Darling buds: little cute emotions • May: beholder, partner
  • 8. • Gold complexion: attractiveness • Dimmed: become less urging. • Fair from fair (alliteration) • Fade: come to an end wander’st: mood swing, negativity. • Eye of heaven: sun (Personification) • Shines: hinders, • Eternal lines: descendants. •