SONNET 18

SHAKESPEARE
Group 4
GROUP TASKS

QUESTION 7 QUESTION 8 QUESTION 10

 QUESTION 7

Death will be prevented Although the summer's

‘…Nor shall death brag thou wand’rest in his from bragging about the sunshine can come and
shade’. Why will death be prevented from character wandering in his go, the beauty deep inside
bragging the character wander in his world? world because his soul his soul will never fade
and his love is immortal. away.

 
QUESTION 8
◦ The word “this” in line 14 refers to this
poem that the author was writing.

‘So long lives this, and this gives life to

◦ Shakespeare is declaring that this poetry
thee.’ will endure as long as humans exist, and
What does ‘this’ refer to? she (his beloved) will live in the poem.
 Liệu tôi có nên ví em như ngày hạ?
Em yêu kiều và quá đỗi dịu êm
Gió tháng 5 chao đảo chạm lên chồi biếc
Mùa hạ tình ngắn ngủi chẳng còn lâu

QUESTION
Có những khi mùa hạ như hòn lửa
Lại có lúc bị che mờ bởi tầng mây.

10 Khi cái đẹp luôn là điều hữu hạn 

Như lẽ tự nhiên thay đổi vô tình
(Vietnamese
version)
Nhưng mùa hạ của em sẽ luôn là bất diệt
Vẻ đẹp vô ngần em giữ mãi tới mai sau
Dẫu cho thần chết có khoe khoang sức mạnh
Nơi dòng thơ anh, em mãi mãi ngọt ngào

Khi mà ánh mắt thế gian vẫn không thôi nhìn ngắm
Thì vần thơ này, mùa hạ của em, vĩnh cửu sống trong thơ.
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e w o rd “ro
Th e w a y to
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“Rough winds do shake the this is a u udden strong
c r ib e a s e r t he
de s blow s o v
darling buds of May,” w h e n i t
wind, o se t h e word
, s o I cho
bu d s
ie t n a m e se to
c h ạ m ” in V
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it.
describe
“And every fair from fair sometime
declines,” Everything that is fair (a
beautiful women) at some point declines
from being fair...That means everything
which is fair eventually becomes less fair.
Like the most obvious way, every beauty
has its limited time.
“Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his
shade ”, I like this line most because it helps
me picturing a specific image, very evocative
and emotional at the same time. Everyone has
to die. Everyone will be in Death’s shadow
because he’s coming to get everyone with his
power. But here, death can’t brag to have
something so beautiful in his shade because
Shakespeare is immortalizing her.