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        <title><![CDATA[Shakespeare has truly given immortality to the subject of his? ardour in...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Shakespeare has truly given immortality to the subject of his? ardour in the poem Sonnet 18. In a similar way in which the artist potter gave 'immortality' to the two young loves in 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' by John Keats, Shakespeare has enshrined the presence of the subject in words as a work of art - a beautiful work of art- true to his comment...
'so long as men can breathe and eyes can see
so long lives this,and this gives life to thee'
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        <pubDate>Tue, 8 Dec 2009 08:02:26 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[the theme of Shakespeare's "Sonnet 18" is that his lover is more...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[the theme of Shakespeare's "Sonnet 18" is that his lover is more beautiful and desirable than "a summer's day" because even such a wonderful season like summer has its flip side-it's too short and sometimes too hot. He concludes by saying that he wishes to immortalize  forever the beauty of his lover in his poetry.
The theme of Shakespeare's sonnet is that mankind is indeed mortal - all human beings will die. The only way to immortalize a...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 8 Dec 2009 07:00:20 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I suppose there is a problem in the understanding of this poem (sonnet...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I suppose there is a problem in the understanding of this poem (sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare) on the part of the question-maker. The poet wants certain qualities of mankind to be eternal but he does not say that they are eternal. These qualities are youth, beauty, temperance and so on. Unfortunately, the flux of nature spares none, not even the beauty of the fair friend--"Every fair from fair sometimes declines". It is with great passion...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 7 Dec 2009 22:38:29 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I think that the last two lines are saying that this particular poem...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I think that the last two lines are saying that this particular poem (and great art in general) will live on and that she who is in the poem will therefore live on as well.  I don't think he is really saying mankind is immortal -- just those who are enshrined in great art.
But I think that there is another point, which is that the things that make her beautiful to him are eternal.  Obviously beauty is not.  But I think he is saying that...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 7 Dec 2009 21:35:07 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What characteristics of mankind does Shakespeare think are immortal in...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What characteristics of mankind does Shakespeare think are immortal in Sonnet 18? The last two lines say poetry is eternal; mankind is immortal.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 7 Dec 2009 21:13:17 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Dude...seriously?  How am I going to know five words that you are...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Dude...seriously?  How am I going to know five words that you are unfamiliar with in that Sonnet?  That's like asking me what toppings you like on your pizza (well, sort of like it.)  I'm not trying to make fun of you, I'm just saying...
Anyhow, I can make a guess at some of the more difficult vocabulary words found in the Sonnet.  Maybe some of these would be ones that you'd choke on...keep in mind, they are not difficult words per say,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:16:02 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Identify five words in Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 that you found unfamiliar.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Identify five words in Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 that you found unfamiliar.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:50:19 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In this poem, Shakespeare is comparing his friend to a summer's day....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In this poem, Shakespeare is comparing his friend to a summer's day.  He knows that the summer is unpredictable and often loses it's luster behind the clouds of the day.  It also has winds that are abusive and is temperate in that the good of summer comes and goes meaning sometimes it can be too hot or not hot enough.
In the end, the poet realizes that relationships are ever changing and drifting from one reality to another.  Hence, though...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:33:07 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sonnet 18 marks a shift in the Fair Friend group as the modus of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Sonnet 18 marks a shift in the Fair Friend group as the modus of immortalization shifts from the one through biological procreation to another idea--poetic immortality-- to textualize the beauty of the beloved so that it lives on even after the end of the person's life.
In the first quatrain, Shakespeare says he cannot compare the beauty of his friend to that of a 'Summer's day' as it is located very much within the flux of time--the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 05:49:07 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is a summary of Sonnet 18?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is a summary of Sonnet 18?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 05:34:18 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Shakespeare is comparing the inspiration for his sonnet with the most...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Shakespeare is comparing the inspiration for his sonnet with the most perfect and beautiful of nature's creations, the summer's day. In the extended simile Shakespeare compares the object of his affections with the temporary appeal of the summer. He decides that 'summer's lease hath all too short a date:' meaning it is brief and transient, unlike the 'eternal summer' of his affections. 
He also observes that her beauty is preserved by his...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:12:56 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The power of Sonnet 18 is how it uses the imagery of the natural world...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The power of Sonnet 18 is how it uses the imagery of the natural world to help establish the feeling of love the speaker holds.  The opening line helps to establish a mood that creates a transcendent vision of love and affection.  This is continued throughout the sonnet, where the ability to unify the natural and objective order to things as well as the subjectively personal is evident.  The Sonnet accomplishes this harmonious union through...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:40:27 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the significance of comparison in the sonnet, 'Shall I Compare...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the significance of comparison in the sonnet, 'Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day' by Shakespeare?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:06:04 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Well, to paraphrase something means to "express the same message in...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Well, to paraphrase something means to "express the same message in different words," so that is what I will try to do:
I'd compare you to a summer's day, 
but you are prettier and more pleasant.
In spring rough winds shake the trees
and mess up their new leaves,
and summer doesn't last that long once it comes.
Sometimes the sun is too hot
and sometimes it is too cold out,
but that is just the way nature works.
You, though, are the gift that...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 4 Oct 2009 11:59:16 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Please paraphrase Shakespeare's "Sonnet 18."]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Please paraphrase Shakespeare's "Sonnet 18."]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 4 Oct 2009 08:24:44 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[As indicated from the opening line, the primary figure of speech is a...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[As indicated from the opening line, the primary figure of speech is a metaphoric comparison between the speaker's love interest to a summer day.  This is explored throughout the sonnet, such as in lines 2 and 3 ("Thou art more lovely and more temperate:/ Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May.")  The comparative language can also be seen in line 9, when the speaker suggests that "But thy eternal summer shall not fade."  In this...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:22:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the figure of speech in "Sonnet 18"?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the figure of speech in "Sonnet 18"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:27:20 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This is one of Shakespeare's sonnets in which he gives "advice" to a...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/sonnet-18/q-and-a/can-anyone-write-me-broad-summary-shakespears-97153</link>
        <description><![CDATA[This is one of Shakespeare's sonnets in which he gives "advice" to a young man, one he is apparently mentoring.  In various sonnets he gives him advice on love, money, etc.  This particular sonnet finds Shakespeare amazed and ashamed that the young man seems to have no love in his heart, only hatred.  In the first quatrains he asks the young man about this hatred, seeming to seek clarification that man really is so hateful.  In the second...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:55:42 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is a summary of Shakespeare's "Sonnet 18''?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is a summary of Shakespeare's "Sonnet 18''?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:44:45 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I think that the use of summer becomes more effective when it is...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/sonnet-18/group/discuss/use-summer-sonnet-18-57257#3</link>
        <description><![CDATA[I think that the use of summer becomes more effective when it is compared to the context of the person with whom there is a shared love.  The concept of comparing loved ones to weather is not really new, but the way it is presented in this sonnet is unique.  Weather is unpredictable, changing and features moments of discomfort.  The love the speaker shares with the other person, though, is constant, filled with moments of comfort and...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 06:29:00 PST</pubDate>
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