Shall I Compare Thee...? by William Shakespeare 0.0 / 5 ? English LiteraturePoetryIGCSECIE Created by: kennedylilyCreated on: 21-12-15 11:46 Language Techniques and Analysis 'summer's day?' - rhetorical question, pleasant, happy, positive 'more temperate' - even-tempered 'shake' - personification 'too' repetition 'eye of heaven' - metaphor for the sun 'gold complexion dimm'd' - personification (clouds) 'fair' - repetition -> emphasis of beauty 'changing course' - alliteration 'Death brag' - personification, strong emotions 'eternal lines' - immortal verses 'So long' - repetition -> creates a sense of certainty, confident about ever-lasting love 1 of 2 Whole Poem Also known as Sonnet 18 - about a man All of Shakespeare's sonnets are either about a 'dark lady' or a man Sonnets: about love, 14 lines long, invented by Petrarch, popular in Elizabethan era Iambic petrameter (5 stressed, 5 unstressed beats) Regular rhyme scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGG 1st person Rhyming couplet at the end 2 of 2
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