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A 3 page essay that explicates this Shakespearean sonnet. No additional sources cited.
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person being described. However, as the poem progresses, Shakespeare makes the point that natural beauty fades; however, at this point, the turn, or volta, of the poem takes the topic
in another direction and the reader learns the poets true thesis, which is the longevity, one might even say the immortality, of this sonnet. Therefore, examination of this
poem shows that the true subject is not the beloveds beauty, but rather, the poets true objective is to emphasize the value and longevity of this inspired verse. The
first quatrain emphasizes the beauty of the person who constitutes the seeming topic of this poem, who is compared to the lovely and temperate nature of a summers day. However,
immediately after introducing this subject, Shakespeare points out that in nature, beauty is short-lived. Rough winds "shake the darling buds of May" and summer, for all its beauty, passes quickly
(lines 3-4). This idea is pursued further in the second quatrain, as Shakespeare utilizes lyrical metaphors that emphasize the point that beauty is short-lived. He writes, "Sometimes to hot
the eye of heaven shines/And often is his gold complexion dimmd" (lines 5-6). In other words, even the suns beauty is not perfect. When the sun is out, it
often shines too hot and the sun is also frequently dimmed through the effects of weather. In lines 7-8, he states his conclusion explicitly, which is that everything "fair," i.e.,
beautiful will at some point decline in beauty due to either chance or the effects of nature, which occur with the passage of time. As this indicates, the first two
quatrains have set the stage for the poets final conclusions. Shakespeare presents the beloved as more beautiful than one of natures finest accomplishments, i.e., a beautiful summer day, but then
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