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Sonnet 18

Unlike the movie "Shakespeare in love"would lead one to believe Sonnet 18 is not written in the name of true love, Sonnet 18 is not as much about the muse of the poem than it is about the poet himself. "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" The emphasis in the line is not the comparison that is being made but rather the way Shakespeare will take that comparison and make it fresh. The opening line is a challenge not a suggestion. While most poets would rely on the topos "you are as lovely as a summer's day, Shakespeare freshens the metaphor, elevating the unknown person above the loveliness of summer. However the second half of the line is where Shakespeare really shows innovation by taking an otherwise neutral word, temperate, and engages the reader to question how temperate is complimentary.
Shakespeare begins by presenting the severity of summer which is often overlooked. He begins at the beginning, "Rough winds to shake the darling buds of May,"......

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Title: Shakespeare
Approximate Word Count: 940
Approximate Pages: 4 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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