Sonnet 18

Shakespeare's sonnet 18 is a poem written to his beloved comparing him/her to a summer's day. What was the purpose of this poem and what is its true meaning behind the obvious? What is he saying exactly? For me this is almost hieroglyphics seeing as it is in old English text but I will attempt to extract some of the true meaning and thoughts of this poem. Who speaks in this poem? Shakespeare was obviously quite fond of this person. I will attempt to explicate this poem.
The writer writes about the conflict of comparing his beloved whom ever this may be with a summer's day in the first line this is obvious. He also tells us pretty much what he is writing about. In the second line he says "Thou art more lovely and Temperate" explaining that this person is apparently better than a summer's day that she is "more lovely" we see that this actually shows a glimpse of how the rest of the poem will play itself out. Making them appear seemingly superior to what he is comparing......

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Title: Shakespeare Sonnet 18
Approximate Word Count: 347
Approximate Pages: 2 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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