Shakespears

1. SONNET 18
BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

2. Sonnet 18 – Q1
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:

3. Sonnet 18 – Q2
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm’d;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d;

4. Sonnet 18 – Q3
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:

5. Sonnet 18 – Couplet
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.

6. New Vocabulary
Constant, unchangingTemperateYouThou
New flowers, ‫ניצנים‬BudsYourThy
‫תקופת‬‫חכירה‬,‫שכירות‬LeaseYouThee
Skin color, ‫חזות‬ComplexionAreArt
Light and beautifulFairHave, possessOwest
Loses its value or worthDeclinesHasHath

7. Vocabulary Practice
 You have to renew your __________ on the house
if you wish to stay here for another year.
 My sister’s _______________ is very light. In fact,
one might even call it _________.
 My dog is quite gentle and has a ___________
nature.
New Words
temperate
lease
complexion
decline
buds
fair

8. Vocabulary Practice
 In times of recession, the value of one’s property
may ______________.
 In the springtime, it is not uncommon to see
new ____________ making their way onto the
ground.
New Words
temperate
lease
complexion
decline
buds
fair

9. Literary Terms
 Metaphor – A metaphor is an image or word picture that
describes one thing by comparing it to something else, or in
terms of something else, without the use of ‘as’ or ‘like’. In
essence, it endows one thing with qualities of another that it
compares it to. For example, “my love is a flower in bloom”. A
conceit is an extended metaphor.
 Name two metaphors used in Sonnet 18 and use them in
context.

10. Discussion
1. Why does the speaker say his beloved will achieve immortality?
2. Describe the main theme of the sonnet.
3. What is the connection between the beloved’s “eternal summer” (line
9) and the “eternal lines” (line 12) of the poem? What do the last six
lines say about poetry and art?
4. Explain the last two lines of the sonnet. What is Shakespeare implying
about the sonnet? Is he making a general statement or referring to
himself?

11. Or so they say…
“The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that
he really is very good – in spite of all the people
who say he’s very good.”
- Robert Graves 1895-1985
Is it relevant to study Shakespeare today?
http://mentalfloss.com/article/ 48657/20-sdrow-ew-ewo-mailliw-eraepsekahs

12. Structure of the Shakespeare Sonnet
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee
Three quatrains (4 lines) in which a
theory about the lover is presented
through conceits and similes.

13. Structure of the Shakespeare Sonnet
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee
Three quatrains (4 lines) in which a
theory about the lover is presented
through conceits and similes.

14. Structure of the Shakespeare Sonnet
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.
Three quatrains (4 lines) in which a
theory about the lover is presented
through conceits and similes.

15. Structure of the Shakespeare Sonnet
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.
Three quatrains (4 lines) in which a
theory about the lover is presented
through conceits and similes.

16. Structure of the Shakespeare Sonnet
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.
One couplet (2 lines) in which a
conclusion is presented or the
author has a revelation. Usually, the
claim in the couplet will contradict
what is said in the quatrains. This is
called an antithesis.

17. Rhyme Scheme and Meter
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.
Rhyme Scheme
A, B, A, B
C, D, C, D
E, F, E, F
G,G

18. Rhyme Scheme and Meter
Shall I compare thee to a summer's ?
Thou art more lovely and more :
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of ,
And summer's lease hath all too short a :
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven ,
And often is his gold complexion ;
And every fair from fair sometime ,
By chance or nature's changing course ;
But thy eternal summer shall not
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his ,
When in eternal lines to time thou :
So long as men can breathe or eyes can ,
So long lives this and this gives life to .
Rhyme Scheme
, , ,
, , ,
, , ,

19. Rhyme Scheme and Meter
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.
Meter:
Iambic Pentameter
10 syllables per line
Badum badum badum
badum badum