Sonnet １８1。
ＳhaｌｌI cｏmpａre thee to a sumｍer's day？CouｌｄI coｍpare yｏu to tｈe time/ｄays of ｓuｍmer？2。
Tｈou art more loｖelｙａnｄｍore tｅmperate:Yoｕarｅmｏre loｖｅｌy and more gｅnｔle anｄmiｌｄthan ｔｈe daｙs。
3。
Ｒoｕgh winｄs dｏshａke ｔhe darliｎg bｕds oｆMaｙ,Thｅｗiｌd wｉnd ｓhaｋes the favorｉte ｆloweｒs of May.４。
And ｓummer's leasｅhath ａlｌtoo shｏｒｔ a dateAnd tｈe ｄuration oｆｓummer hａsａｌｉmｉteｄperiｏd of time、5。
Soｍｅtime ｔoo hoｔｔhe eye of ｈeａven shiｎｅs,Ｓometｉmｅs the sｕn ｓhiｎniｎg iｓtｏo ｈot。
６. Ａnd often is his ｇold coｍpｌexiｏn dimmeｄ,And hｉｓgold skin of the face ｗｉll be ｄimmed bｙthe clouds、7。
Ａｎｄeｖeｒy ｆａir ｆroｍfair somｅｔiｍｅdeｃｌineｓ,Eｖery beautｉful tｈｉng and pｅrsoｎwｉll ｄecｌine froｍｐrevｉoｕs staｔｅｏｆｂeaｕtｙ。
8、Ｂy chａncｅ, ｏr ｎature’s chａnging courｓe untrｉｍmed:(ｔhe ｂeaｕtｙ)wｉll be stripｐed of by chance or cｈangｅs of season in the ｎａture.9、But thy eteｒnａｌｓuｍmeｒsｈall not ｆade,Bｕt yｏur ｓumｍer ｅｘists foｒｅver and wilｌｎot lose cｏloｒ／fｒｅｓｈneｓs ｏr vigor、10、Norｌoｓe pｏsｓeｓsiｏn ｏf thａt fair tｈou oｗ'ｓt,You ｗill never lｏsｅyouｒｏwn beaｕtｙeiｔhｅr、１１。
Nor sｈall dｅａｔｈｂrａg thou wandeｒ＇ｓt in his shade,Ｔhe Deａtｈcａn’t boａstｔhａｔyoｕwanｄer iｎｈｉs shadow、1２、When in eterｎaｌlｉｎｅs ｔoｔiｍe thou gｒow’st,You ｇrow as timｅgrowsｉn tｈe undyinｇlｉｎes oｆｍy veｒse.13. So long as men can breathe,or eyes canｓｅｅ,So ｌｏｎg ａs meｎcan live iｎthe woｒld wiｔh sｉｇht and breaｔh,１4. Ｓｏlong lｉｖes thｉs, anｄthiｓgivｅｓlife to thｅｅ.This ｐoeｍwｉll exｉｓｔand you will livｅiｎit foｒeｖer。
Formal feａｔures１4liｎeｓ４stanzａs: 3 quａｔraiｎｓ＋１couｐｌetRｈythm＆mｅteｒ: 10 ｓyllａbles(5feet) each ｌiｎｅ, iａmbic ｐentameteｒＲhyｍe ｓｃheme:aｂaｂcdcdｅfeｆggSｔrｕctuｒe:1ｓt –2nd quatrａins: an iｎｔroductｉon tｏand deveｌoｐｍent oｆａprｏblem 3rd qｕatｒａｉｎ: a volｔａor ａturn “突转”(ａchａｎｇe in dｉrectｉoｎ, thou ｇhｔ, or ｅｍoｔｉoｎ)the couｐlet: a suｍmary or coｎｃlusioｎThe theme:Thｅmaiｎtｈeme iｓthe ｐower oｆｔｈe spｅaｋer’s pｏｅｍｔo defｙｔimeａnｄｌasｔｆorever,ｃarrｙiｎg tｈe ｂeauty of the belovｅｄdown tｏfutuｒe gｅｎｅrationｓ、What iｓit abouｔ?Tｈｅsｐｅaｋer openｓthe ｐoem wｉth a questioｎaddressed toｔhｅbeｌoved: “Shall Ｉcｏmpare tｈeｅtｏａｓummｅｒ’ｓｄａy?” Thｅｎｅxt elｅven ｌiｎｅs aｒe devoteｄｔｏsｕｃh a parison。
Ｓｕmｍer: (Line 3: roｕｇh ｗinds;4: t ｏｏshort;5. toｏhot;6。
too ｄiｍｍed;7＆８。
bｅａutｉfulｔhiｎgｓｗill dｉe) Ｓonnet 1８ is the fｉrst poeｍiｎthe soｎnets not to exｐlicitly ｅncｏurａｇe the yｏunｇman to have childreｎ、Thｅ“pｒocreation” sequenｃｅof the ｆiｒｓt 17 sonｎets ended ｗｉth thｅｓpeaｋer's ｒealizａtion thａt thｅｙouｎg mａn migｈt not need chｉldrenｔo preserｖe his beａｕtｙ; he cｏuld ａlso ｌive forever in ｔｈis poeｍ、FiguｒeｓoｆspeeｃhIｎline (5) Ｔｈｅre ｉs a Metａphor 、In line ( 5＋6) Thereｉs a Pｅrsonｉficatｉｏn 、( ｅｙeｏf Ｈeａvｅｎshines):Eyｅof ｈeavｅn = the sｕnTheｓｕn beｃameｄarkｂecause dａrk of clouds .InＬiｎe (9+１0＋12 )There is aＨｙpeｒｂoｌｅ、Ｉn Line ( 11 )Therｅis a persｏniｆicaｔion 、Ｉn Lｉｎｅ( 14 ) There is an Invertｅd order .Analysis:(拓展)The pｏem works ａt ａrathｅｒcuriｏus ｌｅｖel of ａｃｈieviｎｇits objｅctivｅthrouｇh ｄispｒaｉse、The summer’ｓdａy ｉs fouｎｄto bｅlａckｉng in so many resｐects (too short,ｔoo hot,too ｒouｇh, andｓoｍｅtimｅsｔoo dｉｎgｙ), bｕｔcuｒioｕslｙｅnｏｕgh oｎe iｓｌeft with thｅabiｄｉng ｉｍpression tｈaｔ’the lｏvely bｏｙ’ iｓｉn fact ｌike ａsummｅr'ｓdａy aｔits best, ｆair, warm,sｕnny,temｐeratｅ, ｏne ofｔhｅdａｒliｎg buｄs oｆMay, and tｈaｔaｌｌｈis beａｕty ｈaｓbeen wｏndｅrfｕlｌyｈｉghliｇhｔｅd ｂy ｔhe ｐarisｏn。
Ｓｏnnet １３01. My mｉsｔｒess’eyes ａre nｏtｈiｎｇlikeｔｈe ｓuｎ;My ladｙ’s eｙｅs arｅn’ｔlike tｈe sun ａt aｌｌ.２.Coral is far more red,than ｈer ｌipｓrｅｄ:Ｃｏｒａｌis ｍuch redderｔhａn heｒlｉpｓ、3、If sｎow be wｈiｔe,why thenｈｅｒbrｅaｓｔs ａre ｄun;If ｓnow is wｈite, then her bｒｅasts are ｂrｏwn。
4.If hairs be ｗireｓ, ｂｌacｋｗires ｇrowｏn her head.If hair is ａs coarsｅas threads, then her hair is full oｆblａck tｈreaｄs。
5。
Iｈaｖe ｓeen ｒosｅs damａskeｄ, redａnd whiｔe,I ｈave ｓeｅｎthe ｐinkiｓh, ｒｅd aｎｄwhite ｒoseｓ、6、But ｎo such rｏses see Iｉn hｅr cheekｓ;BｕｔI cａn see suｃｈkｉndｓｏfｒｏｓes in heｒcheeks。
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And iｎsｏme pｅrｆumeｓis theｒe ｍorｅｄｅligｈtTherｅis mucｈｔemptinｇ／ａｔtractｉｖe fｒagrance.8。
Thaｎiｎthe bｒeaｔｈｔｈat from ｍy mｉｓtreｓs rｅeks.Ｔｈｅfrａgranｃe iｓmoｒｅaｔtraｃtｉve tｈan heｒstｅａmy, sweaｔy and un ｓavory sｍells.9、I love to heaｒheｒｓｐeak, yet welｌI ｋnoｗＩlｉｋe ｌｉstｅninｇtｏher speaｋiｎｇ,but I am also awaｒe tｈat10。
Ｔhaｔmusic hath a far mｏre ｐleasing sound:The sound of muｓiｃis ｍｕcｈmore favoｒaｂｌｅthan her souｎd。
1１. I graｎt I ｎever sａw ａｇoddess go,I aｄｍit thａt Ｉｎｅvｅr saw a gｏddesｓwａｌking by。
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My misｔress, ｗｈeｎsｈe waｌks,tｒｅads ｏｎthｅground:My mｉｓｔｒess ｓtaｍps on the fｌoｏｒwhen she wａlkｓ。
1３。
Aｎd yet ｂy heａvｅn, I thinｋmy love as raｒｅ,Ｂut Ｉcan sｗeaｒto Ｇod ｔhat my lovｅｒｉｓaｓpｒecioｕs aｓ１5。
As ａny she beｌｉed with falｓｅpare.Asａnｙwomaｎwho has bｅen mｉsｒｅpreｓｅntｅd by ridiculous cｏmｐarison ｓ.Formal fｅａtures14 liｎes4 stanzａs: 3quatｒａins + 1 ｃｏｕpleｔＲhyｔhm ＆mｅter: 10sylｌabｌｅs (5 feet)each line, iａmｂic peｎtａmｅtｅrRｈｙｍｅscｈeme: aｂａｂｃdｃd efef ggSｔrucｔuｒe:１st –2nd ｑｕatraiｎs: an ｉｎｔroducｔｉon to and ｄｅveloｐｍｅｎt oｆａｐrobleｍ3rd quａtraｉn: a voltａｏrａtuｒn “突转"(ａchaｎge iｎdｉrｅｃtion,tｈｏug ｈｔ, or emoｔiｏn)tｈeｃouplet: a sｕmｍａry oｒconclｕsionＴhemeＴhe poet sｕggests tｈｅiｒlovｅiｓｒaｒｅbecaｕse he ｄoeｓnot ｄesiｒｅheｒtｏbｅｓｏmetｈinｇsｈe is ｎoｔ、It's aｂout fｉｎdingｌove in ｓpiｔe oｆ(ｏr maybe eveｎｂｅcaｕse oｆ)phyｓｉcal flaｗs、It ｐoｋes funａt oｕr ｏｂsession wiｔh lookｓaｎｄtoｓｈoｗhow ｒｉdｉculo ｕs it is tｏask aｎy persｏn ｔo livｅup to sｏｍe iｄｅal of perfeｃt beａuｔy。