SONNET 18

By : William Shakespeare
QUICK FACTS:
Fullname: William Shakespeare
BORN: April 23, 1564
DIED: April 23, 1614
BIRTHPLACE: Stratford-upon-Avon,
England UK
SPOUSE: Anne Hathaway (1582-1616)
Children: Susan, Judith & Hamneth
ASTROPOLOGICAL SIGN: Taurus
SHAKESPEARE'S LIFE : A TIMELINE
• The renowned English playwright, poet and actor.
• He was a prolific writer during the English Renaissance or The Early Modern period.
• Born in Stratford-upon-Avon
• John and Mary Shakespeare, third child of eight and eldest surviving son.
• From about age of 7 to 15 in 1571-1579, he attends the Local Grammar School,
established by King Edward VI to offer all of the town's boy a free education
• No record of University
• November 1582 at the age of 18, Shakespeare marries Anne a 26 years old, in Holy
Trinity Church
• On 1583, Susanna the first child was born
• On 1585 his twins (Hamneth and Judith) are born and baptised on 2 Feb. 1585.
• Career jump-started in London, his first printed works were published.
 THE TWO LONG POEM:
• Venus and Adonis (1593)
• The Rape of Lucrece (1594)
• He also become the founding member of The Chamberlain's Men, in the company of actors.
• During in his company he wrote the famous tragedies, such as King Lear and Macbeth, as well as the great romances,
like The Winter's Tale and The Tempest.
• His success in London, makes him wealthy.
• His works includes 38 play, 2 narrative poem, 154 sonnets, and a variety of other poems.
• No original manuscripts of Shakespeare plays are known to exist today.
• On his father's death on 1601, he inherited the old family home.
• His sonnets are published on 1609 for the first time
• At the age of 52 he died and buried in the Chancel of Holy Trinity Church.
• His widow died on 6 August 1623 aged 67.
• On 1623, Mr. Wlliam Shakespeare Comedies, Histories and Tragedies is published for the first time in
November/December, it is known today as the FIRST FOLIO. Contained of 36 plays, but none of his poetry.
Folio - refers to the size of the paper used
• The Complete works of William Shakespeare has been compiled.
• Shakespeare poem remain popular today.
• Sonnet 18 is the best well-known of all sonnets.
"Sonnet 18" focuses on the loveliness of a friend or lover,
with the speaker initially asking a rhetorical question about
comparing their subject to a summer's day. He then goes
on to introduce the pros and cons of the weather,
mentioning both an idyllic English summer's day and the
less-welcome dim sun and rough winds of autumn. In the
end, it is insinuated this very piece of poetry will keep the
lover -the poem's subject-alive forever and allow them to
defy even death.
 Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare
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 ow'st;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.
RHYME SCHEME:
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

CONSIST OF:

•14 LINES
• 10 syllables (in every line)

ARCHAIC:
Thee, Thou, Thy
MAGERY
• Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May
And summer's leath hath all too short a date
Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shines
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd

PRESENT FIGURE OF SPEECH:

METAPHOR
• Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

PERSONIFICATION
• Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade
• Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May
~THE END~

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HUMBLE REPORTERS:

ADOR, MARK ANDREW - endomorph

ARICA, CHELSEA JOY -mesomorph

BORATA, CARLO - ectomorph