Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Sonnet 18
Listen to the Sonnet. Check the link at the top of the page for a copy of the text and a rewording. Once you have an idea about Shakespeare's Sonnet is about...write a initial Comment explaining the situation of the Sonnet...what you think. Support with text evidence.
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Dear Readers of the Blog,
ReplyDeleteBasically, Shakespeare is comparing someone to a summers day. I know this because it specifically says, "Shall I compare thee to a summers day?" Anyways, it says that the person is better than a summers day because he says, "Thou art more lovely and more temperate." and he complains that the summer doesn't last long enough, or its too hot outside. He also says, "Thy eternal summer shall not fade." He ends by saying, "So as long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee." Which I interpret as, as long as people are alive, this will be true.
-Gordon
Dear fellow blog members,
ReplyDeleteI have just finished reading Sonnet 18 by Shakespeare. I think that the poem is describing how a certain woman is more beautiful than a summers day. Shakespeare describes a summers day as beautiful but inconsistent and not perfect. He says that sometimes the eye of heaven (the sun) shines too brightly making it too hot and how the day never lasts. He also describes how the clouds could roll in and block the sun, therefore making the day inconsistent. He then describes the person/women as being eternal and forever lasting while being consistent and more beautiful than the summers day.
Well, I hoped that you found my interpretation meaningful and useful.
Thanks,
Justin
Hello my fellow bloggers. I got done reading William Shakespeare’s poem “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day”. I love this poem. Before reading this poem, I thought it was about a typical summers day until I got done reading this poem. After reading the poem, I figured out what this poem really is saying. It’s saying “The beauty of summer will go away, but your natural beauty will stay with you for eternity and beyond”. That is what I think this poem means. It’s comparing a summers day with a human being’s beauty. -Jonathan
ReplyDeleteDear John,
DeleteI viewed it a little differently, in someways the same, but I can see why you got that out of the poem.
Jared B.
Just reading Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18”, I have made an interperataition of what it means. First of all, in the poem, he is comparing somebody, who I think is most likely his lover, to a summers day. Saying that she is better then summer in many ways. In what ways is she better? Well, he says “And summer's lease hath all too short a date” meaning summer ends and she doesn’t. Her beauty lasts much longer then summer. I can infer this because when he says “But thy eternal summer shall not fade”, he is pretty much just saying that she will always be beautiful no matter how many days pass. I can also infer this when he says “When in eternal lines to time thou growest” because it shows time is passing by but she won’t ever die. In his heart at least, she will say there until the day he dies. When he says “Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade” he’s saying this as well. Nobody can have her, not even the grim reaper himself. “So long as men can breathe or eyes can see”, as long as he’s alive and breathing, she will be beautiful. It’s a love poem about her beauty, and how she will always be in his heart forever. <3
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you said, Sheyan. No doubt that he is comparing her to summer, and also no doubt that he thinks that she is better than summer. I said something similar in my post along the lines of, "So long as men can breathe, or eyes see," that he would always believe she was better.
Delete-Your group member, Gordon
Dear Bloggers,
ReplyDeleteI think that the under lying meaning of this poem is that he is comparing a woman in his life to Summer. However, he believes in her more than Summer. I know this because when he says “And summer’s lease hath all too short a date” he is saying that summer is far too short. However, later on he says “But thy early eternal summer shall not fade” When he says this he means that the woman’s youthfulness will not fade. He uses summer as to show that it is something great, but it will end. The woman, to him, is also something great however she will not end like summer does. Her beauty will go on, as summer’s does not. I think this is similar to what a lot of people think when they are deeply in love with a person or thing, they do not want them to fade away.
Thank you for reading,
Victoria
Hey bloggers!
ReplyDeleteThe poem, "Sonnet 18" by William Shakespeare is written from a man's point of view. He is saying how his girlfriend, wife or someone he admires is stunning and how she is more lovely than summer itself. For example, "Shall I compare the to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate." Shakespeare goes on and says how summer has rough winds, sometimes the sun is too hot, or the sun goes behind the clouds and everything beautiful will eventually lose it's beauty. However he also says that "you" or this girl's beauty will never fade and, "so long as men can breathe or eyes can see, this poem lives on, making you immortal." Basically as long as there are people on earth you will stay gorgeous. I think this is a very sweet poem :)
Courtney
Hey Courtney,
DeleteI think that your interpretation was dead on. I too thought that Shakespeare wrote about a man who thought some chick was more beautiful than a summers day. Great job using text support..... A+
Dear Blogging Group,
DeleteI think that the poem Shall I compare you to a summers day by William shakespeare’s is saying that when he writes he captures who the girl is and how her beauty is and so it will last for a long time.When I read the paraphrased part,I understood the poem a little better,and I understood that he was saying in the end “So long lives this and this gives life to thee” I think he was saying that as long as the poem is there,she will still be on this earth,even when she dies and her beauty will not fade away,and I get this from the line “Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest” where as the paraphrase version saidNor will you lose the beauty that you possess.
Jewelia
Sonnet 18 Response
ReplyDeleteDear Blogging Group,
I just read, “Sonnet 18” by William Shakespeare. I interpreted as he was writing it to a young beautiful women who is not confident about herself. In it he ask’s if he should compare her to a summers day, and that she is more beautiful then a summers day. And if people still know her, her beauty will be immortal.
Sincerely,
Brian Holler
Brain,
DeleteYou have a very interesting interpretation that I had not thought of before. I think it's a great perspective; I agree.
I just listened to "Sonnet 18" by William Shakespeare. I interpreted this poem as he was writing about his true love, and how beautiful she was, and he was comparing her to the summer's day. William she is saying that she is very beautiful.
ReplyDeleteFrom: Cooper
Dear Blogging Group,
ReplyDeleteThis poem shows William's Sharkespears love for this lady and compares her to a summers day and just goes on and on about how beautiful she is and what she means to him.
Kira
This poem is about a man comparing a woman to a summer's day. However, he soon manages to find slight faults in the summer days that do not make it perfect enough to compare (rough winds, heat, not lovely enough). Another fault is that summer's beauty fades, but hers will live on forever, because she will live on in the words.
ReplyDeleteShakespeare seem to be complimenting a woman he is in a relationship with or wants to be with. With these compliments, he tries to show her how he sees her, in all her beauty.
Charlie
Charlie,
DeleteYour interpretation is really good. He does say that in a way the woman is better than a summer day. He does compliment her alot!
I agree with you though I believe he already knew the faults not discovered them, but you said pretty much the same thing I did. One question though how many times did you have to read it just wondering?
DeleteWilliam Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 was kind of hard to understand at first. It didn’t quite make sense to me what he was trying to say about the girl he’s talking about. Then I listened to it a second time and I started to get it. When he is describing the bad things about a summers day and then telling the girl she is only the good things so he can not quite compare her. I think it is very well thought out in the sense that he thinks that even though she is like a summers day she may only be part of it. In this case the good part.
ReplyDeleteKlaire,
DeleteI love your response. I believe that what you say is true, he is comparing her to the good parts of a summer day. But he also says that she is better than a summer day also
It does seem like a poem you have to read twice to understand. I also agree when you say that he is saying she is only the good parts of a summer's day, none of the bad.
DeleteI just got done reading Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare. I think he was writing this poem a very beautiful women comparing her to a summers day. Also calling her more lovely and more temperate. Then later he says eternal summer shall not fade. I interpret that it means that the women's beauty outside and in will never fade away.
ReplyDeleteThanks,
Brian A.
You have pretty much the same thing I have. I like your interpretation that you mentioned in your last sentence.
DeleteYou have a few good points Brian, but I think you should try to be a little more specific. Like what are some other things he compares and contrasts between her and a summers day?
DeleteBrian,
DeleteHey, you wrote pretty much the same thing I did. I like the way that you interpreted the poem, but as klaire says could you be a little more specific
I think in the poem ‘Sonnet 18” he’s describing how things are bad about the summer but this girl is better than that. He also describes the good things about summer and that she is still better then that. I think what he’s saying that she’s a beautiful and very unique women.
ReplyDeleteTotally! I looked up the word "temperate" and a synonym is gentle, so he's saying she's lovely & gentle.... I LIKE it. (:
DeleteDear Izzy, Ceara, and Nick.
ReplyDeleteI've just watched and pondered over the video of "Sonnet 18", by William Shakespeare. Beginning, he compares a woman to a summer's day. Pointing out though, that some things about her are better than a summer's day, but still just as gorgeous. Then saying how the sun is too hot at times, and that her eternal summer will never end. I think it means that no matter how much beauty she emits, to never forget the really beauty in her personality.
I can see where you got that! I took the negetive things he was saying mid-poem and thought they sounded like he was explaining a bit of sorrowful detail about why she died.
DeleteDear poetry blogging group thing,
ReplyDeleteI have just listened to "Sonnet 18" by William Shakespeare. He Compares a woman to a summers day. But he says that her beauty will never fade, like a summers day, and that she is much more temperate. He also compares her to heaven, but he says that that will dim too, so he says she is brighter than heaven. So basically Shakespeare is saying that this woman is the most wonderful and best person in the world, inside and out.
Wow that is almost what I said I just didn't mention the heaven part. So I think you did a great job.
DeleteI completely agree. Shakespeare does seem to think all of the things that you mentioned; the comparisons to summer, and how wonderful he things she is.
DeleteI don't know quite if I agree with you Rady because I think though he is speaking quite highly of her I thinks its more about how the metaphors don't quite fit her. But you do make a pretty good point.
DeleteDear blog group,
ReplyDeleteI just got done listening and reading the poem, “Sonnet 18” by William Shakespeare as all of you have. After reading, I believe that he is trying to compare a person, I am guessing a woman, to a summer’s day. I believe that because he says, “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” pretty self explanatory. But I also believe that he is trying to say that he likes here much more than a summer’s day because she is, “more lovely and more constant:” I believe that he really wants this person to know how he feels. Also he really gets it out there that he believes she is more beautiful, lovely, and constant than a summer’s day. I also believe that he doesn’t want to ever forget about this person, and wants other people to know how great the person is because he says, “Because in my eternal verse you will live forever. So long that there are people on this earth, So long will this poem live on, Making you immortal.”
Sincerely,
Jared B.
Dear Bloggers,
ReplyDeleteI have listened to "Sonnet 18" by William Shakespeare. I think William is comparing his true love to summer. I got this impression when he said "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day". I also think he's saying that her beauty will never fade like summer and that she is the most beautiful and best person in his life.
Raylene
Dear lovely group; Ceara, Nick, and Kelsey,
ReplyDeleteI feel as though the meaning of Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare is to express the love that has for a woman who has passed away or is soon to pass away. He reflects on how beautiful and gentle she is, and how his time with her was too short, like his ime with summer. He then says that her presence won’t fade and her death won’t be a huge deal, because eternally his memory of her will flourish. My favorite part would be the last line that quotes “ So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, so long lives this, and this gives life to thee.” I feel like he’s saying that as long as he lives, he’ll be in love with her, and the love and memories he has will bring her alive, metaphorically, with him.
Dear Blogging Group,
DeleteI have just finished reading Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare and am commenting my interpretation. I believe he is addressing his love or mistress and is comparing her to a summers day. But he believes his mistress is better then summer, being more youthful, constant, long lasting, beautiful, and not as dominating. I believe he is comparing her to summer because it says “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” and then further says “And summer is far to short: And At times the sun is to hot.” which is wear I got other parts of my interoperation.
Thanks for reading my swift meaning of the poem,
Sincerely,
Jessica Lindsay
Dear Blog group,
ReplyDeleteI interpreted the poem "Sonnet 18" by Shakespeare as a poem meant to go to a girl he loves. He is saying how she is all these wonderful things, only she is so much more, because she stays longer. She is like a summers day, but her beauty will never fade. He also says how his poem will make her live on forever remembered, immortal.
Sincerely,
Hailey Craig