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Sonnet'18'by'William'Shakespeare'
Shall%I%compare%thee%to%a%summers%day?%%
Thou%art%more%lovely%and%more%temperate.%%
Rough%winds%do%shake%the%darling%buds%of%May,%%
And%summers%lease%hath%all%too%short%a%date.%%
Sometime%too%hot%the%eye%of%heaven%shines,%%
And%often%is%his%gold%complexion%dimmed;%%
And%every%fair%from%fair%sometime%declines,%%
By%chance,%or%natures%changing%course,%untrimmed;%%
But%thy%eternal%summer%shall%not%fade,%%
Nor%lose%possession%of%that%fair%thou%owst,%%
Nor%shall%death%brag%thou%wandrest%in%his%shade,%%
When%in%eternal%lines%to%Time%thou%growst.%%
So%long%as%men%can%breathe,%or%eyes%can%see,%%
So%long%lives%this,%and%this%gives%life%to%thee.%
TPCASTT'
T:'Title'
Predict%what%the%poem%
will%be%about%by%
analyzing%the%title%
Shakespeare'
% Sonnet is a type of poem.
P:'Paraphrase'
Read%the%poem.%Put%it%
into%your%own%words.%
Who%is%the%speaker?%
%
Moss'
%
C:'Connotation'
%In this poem, Shakespeare
Look%beyond%the%literal% charismaticly says that all beauty
fades, except for whoever he wished
language.%Identify%the%
to keep alive with his love poem. She
figurative%language%and% was so beautiful that nothing; not
even misfortune or natural time
its%meaning%
passing by.
A:'Attitude'
%The attitude of this poem is eternal love. In
What%is%the%tone%of%this% this poem it mentions multiple times that
the narrator [Shakespeare] loved the
poem?%Does%the%
person his poem was meant for as long as
humans existed on earth, and as long as
authors%attitude%
the poem existed.
reflect%the%speakers%
attitude?%
S:'Shift'
%
Every
shift occurs during every rhyme and
couplet. The eect has a skipping rhythm
Where%do%shifts%or%
with every switch of the lines between the
couplets, and the rhyme adds to that
transitions%occur?%
rhymic aect.
What%is%the%effect?%
%
%
'
T:'Title'
Revisit%the%title%and%
determine%any%further%
meaning.%
T:'Theme'
What%is%the%overall%
message?%
Sonnet'18'Parody'By'Howard'Moss'
Who%says%youre%like%one%of%the%dog%days?%
Youre%nicer.%And%better.%
Even%in%May,%the%weather%can%be%gray,%
And%a%summer%subMlet%doesnt%last%forever.%
Sometimes%the%suns%too%hot;%
Sometimes%it%is%not.%
Who%can%stay%young%forever?%
People%break%their%necks%or%just%drop%dead!%
But%you?%Never!%
If%theres%just%one%condensed%reader%left%
Who%can%figure%out%the%abridged%alphabet,%
After%youre%dead%and%gone,%
In%this%poem%youll%live%on.%
%
%
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Sonnet'130'by'William'Shakespeare'
My%mistress'%eyes%are%nothing%like%the%sun;%
Coral%is%far%more%red%than%her%lips'%red;%
Her skin is
not pale, it
is more tan.
If%snow%be%white,%why%then%her%breasts%are%dun;%
If%hairs%be%wires,%black%wires%grow%on%her%head.%
I%have%seen%roses%damask'd,%red%and%white,%
Dun: of a dull
grayish-brown
color.
She has black
hair.
But%no%such%roses%see%I%in%her%cheeks;%%
And%in%some%perfumes%is%there%more%delight%
Than%in%the%breath%that%from%my%mistress%reeks.%
I%love%to%hear%her%speak,%yet%well%I%know%
Hath: has
That%music%hath%a%far%more%pleasing%sound;%
I%grant%I%never%saw%a%goddess%go;%
My%mistress,%when%she%walks,%treads%on%the%ground:%
%%%And%yet,%by%heaven,%I%think%my%love%as%rare%
%%%As%any%she%belied%with%false%compare.%%
%
%
TPCASTT'
T:'Title'
Predict%what%the%poem%
will%be%about%by%
analyzing%the%title%
Sonnet'130'
% poem is in a sonnet format.
This
Possibly a poem that is, "mean," towards his
mistress, or his girlfriend.
P:'Paraphrase'
Read%the%poem.%Put%it%
into%your%own%words.%
Who%is%the%speaker?%
%
C:'Connotation'
Look%beyond%the%literal%
language.%Identify%the%
figurative%language%and%
its%meaning%
% In this poem, Shakespeare says although he's never seen a goddess walk, but when his
In the beginning it seems like he does not seem interested in her, but the last
line sells it perfectly. He does not care if she is not as perfect as a goddess,
he loves her.
mistress walks, she walks humanly on the ground. He thinks she is just as extraordinary
as any woman that can be described with contradictory similes and metaphors. She is
not as beautiful as things found in nature, such as the sun and coral, but he still loves
her. In contrast the world's/god's/Heaven's standards, he thinks his love as a more rare
and beautiful thing; something to be cherished. The girl he was talking about in this
poem contradicted the comparisons in the poem.
A:'Attitude'
% tone of this poem is appreciative for the beauty in what normal people
The
What%is%the%tone%of%this% would usually push aside. (Good work, Shakespeare)
poem?%Does%the%authors%
attitude%reflect%the%
speakers%attitude?%
S:'Shift'
Where%do%shifts%or%
transitions%occur?%What%
is%the%effect?%
The big shift occurs when Shakespeare says his girlfriend contradicts all of
the comparisons in his poem about her.
T:'Title'
Revisit%the%title%and%
determine%any%further%
meaning.%
%I don't think Shakespeare gave titles to any of his sonnets so his readers
T:'Theme'
What%is%the%overall%
message?%
%I believe that the theme is to see the beauty in everything, even what normal