Is this poem, then, about a season, a man or woman, or something else? Shakespeare requires us to guess about this question from the beginning to the end since there is never any direct mention in Sonnet 18 whether he is writing about a romantic love interest or another object of his affection.
The poet is also using May as a metaphor representing the time in a man or woman’s life when he or she is approaching his or her greatest productivity and potency. Shakespeare uses May as a symbol for the time of year when the cycle of seasons is approaching its greatest power. In the opening line of Sonnet XVIII, the poet considers how his love would compare to a summer day. However, we still have to work at deciphering some words of the older language.I have included numbers at the end of each line as reference points for the discussion, which follows Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18:Īs the warm and long sunlit days of summer are approaching on the East Coast of the United States, many people are starting to think of the wonderful outdoor sights, experiences, and their warm memories of the late spring days in May. Wyatt and Surrey developed the English (or Shakespearean) sonnet, which condenses the 14 lines into one stanza of three quatrains and a concluding couplet, with a rhyme scheme of ABABCDCDEFEFGG” (Most of Shakespeare’s poems that we read today have been converted from Shakespeare’s original 1609 Quarto format to language that is more recognisable to modern readers. The octave’s rhyme scheme is preserved, but the sestet rhymes CDDCEE.
John Milton’s ‘When I Consider How My Light is Spent’ and Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s ‘How Do I Love Thee?’ employ this form. The Italian sonnet is an English variation on the traditional Petrarchan version. The Petrarchan sonnet, perfected by the Italian poet Petrarch, divides the 14 lines into two sections: an eight-line stanza rhyming ABBAABBA, and a six-line stanza rhyming CDCDCD. There are many different types of sonnets. “The sonnet traditionally reflects upon a single sentiment, with a clarification or turn of thought in its concluding lines. The majority of Shakespeare’s poems were written in the form of a Sonnet, which defines as “a 14-line poem with a variable rhyme scheme originating in Italy and brought to England” in the early seventeenth century. Although I am delighted that the internet is helping to facilitate a renewed interest among writers in creating poetry, I also think it is also essential for poets and others artists to study the styles, themes, and techniques of the former masters to help enhance their own artistic creations. I am discussing it in this column because I have noted that much of the poetry being presented in the popular social media is self-produced and without enough awareness of the works of the earlier generations of fine poets.
The Romantics, in particular, acclaimed Shakespeare’s genius, and the Victorians worshipped Shakespeare with a reverence (). Sonnet XVIII is one of Shakespeare’s most well-known and most quoted poems. Shakespeare was a respected poet and playwright in his own day, but his reputation did not rise to its present heights until the 19th century. In his last phase, he wrote tragicomedies, also known as romances, and collaborated with other playwrights. He then wrote mainly tragedies, including Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, and Macbeth, considered some of the finest works in the English language. His early plays were mainly comedies and histories, genres he raised to the peak of sophistication and artistry by the end of the 16th century. We do know that “He produced most of his known writings between 15. There is much speculation about his appearance, his personal views, and whether some of the works credited to him may have been written by others. There are very few records of his personal life. Shakespeare had a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain’s Men.
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