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William ShakespeareSonnet 18Shall I compare thee to a spends day? &9&9aThou cheat more lovely and more temperate&9&9&9&9&9&9b overstrung winds do provoke the darling buds of May,&9&9&9&9&9aAnd summers lease hath all too short a date&9&9&9&9&9bSometime too hot the eye of heaven shines&9&9&9&9&9cAnd often is his gold skin color dimmed,&9&9&9&9&9&9dAnd every fair from fair sometimes declines,&9&9&9&9&9c&9By chance, or dispositions changing course, untrimmed&9&9&9&9d only thy eternal summer shall not fade,&9&9&9&9&9&9eNor lose ownership of that fair thou owst&9&9&9&9&9&9fNor shall closing fluff thou wanderst in his shade,&9&9&9&9&9e&9When in eternal lines to time thou growst&9&9&9&9&9&9fSo prospicient as man can breathe, or eyes can see,&9&9&9&9&9gSo retentive lives this and this gives liveliness to thee&9&9&9&9&9g3 Sentences1st article of faith line 12nd sentence lines 2 - 83rd sentence lines 9 - 14This is a Shakespearean sonnet with no characteristics of a Petrarchan sonnet.G LOSSARYTemperate&9&9&9&9&9moderateDarling&9&9&9&9&9&9very dearestLease&9&9&9&9&9&9the term during which possession is guaranteedDate&9&9&9&9&9&9the time during which something lastsComplexion&9&9&9&9&9colour, visible aspect, appearanceTo decline&9&9&9&9&9to diminish, decrease, deteriorateUntrimmed&9&9&9&9&9not carefully or neatly arranged or attiredFair&9&9&9&9&9&9beauty, fairness, good looksEternal &9&9&9&9&9infinite in past and early duration,&9&9&9&9&9&9without first or endTo botch&9&9&9&9&9to declare or assert boastfully SHALL I liken THEE TO A SUMMERS DA... ...tent iambic pentameter, encapsulates the idea of eternal life through versification.&9The meter is iambic pentameter and the rhythm is fairly unwavering throughout the sonnet. However, in a number of lines there are spondaic feet, used to emphasise threats to the beauty and the idea of eternity. Clear examples of this are the "Rough winds" in line 3 and the "death" that will not "brag" in li ne 11. In the latter example the threat of death is reinforced by the assonance between the words "death" and "brag". Line 9 is an interesting line as regards the rhythm. For the last devil feet reinforce the turn, introduced by the "But". A even rhythm would establish a stress on "shall", followed by an unstressed "not". However, the turnaround is true. This clearly adds to the contrasting quality of this line after two regular iambic pentameters the stress on the "not" following the introductory "But" leaves no doubt about the turn the reader witnesses in this line. A truly beautiful example of a Shakespearean turn.