Sonnet 18 Structure Analysis
click to edit
click to edit
Theme:
click to edit
The tone of the poem is that of romantic intimacy and deep love of a young man at a woman
Tone/Mood:
The theme of this poem is about love, and how the poet compares summer to his love
click to edit
Rhyme:
Day-May, Temperate-Date, Shines-Declines, Dimm'd-Untrimm'd, Fade-Shade, See-Thee, Ow’st-Grow’st
click to edit
The rhyme scheme of the poem is: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
Rhyme Scheme:
click to edit
Repetition:
The repetition of "So long" in the last two lines of the poem
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
click to edit
Stanza:
A standard sonnet poem has only 1 stanza, with 14 lines in total
click to edit
The repetition of the vowel sound, I, in "So long lives this, and this gives life to thee"
Assonance:
click to edit
Consonance:
The repetition of sh in "nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade"
click to edit
click to edit
Figurative Language:
Personification: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May
Meaning: Flower buds get blown around by rough wind
Personification: Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade
Meaning: Her beauty will never truly die or be forgotten, because the young man depicted in the poem will always remember her and her beauty.
Both of these lines are personifications, because they both give human characteristics and actions to non-human things. The first line is a personification, because the act of shaking is done by "Rough winds". The second line contains a personification, because the line states that death can brag. This is impossible for everything that is not a human.
click to edit
Imagery:
This poem contains visual imagery, where the poem describes
what a beautiful summer's day looks like.
click to edit
Reading Strategies:
During the analysis of this poem, I used a few reading strategies, in order to understand the poem better, and identify the different structures in the poem. I reread the poem a few times, so that I can better understand the meaning of the poem. When reading the poem, I try and synthesize all the information I've gotten, and see how my thinking changes throughout the different rereads. Then, I infer, and find out what Shakespeare actually wants to say with the poem, by reading between the lines, and finding the hidden meaning of the poem. Finally, I summarize, and write all the structures of the poem
click to edit
Main Idea:
The main idea of the poem is about how the man depicted in the poem, compares her lover with the summer, and how the girl's beauty will be immortal, and never truly die or be forgotten, and never get worse with age
click to edit
Point of View:
The point of view used in the poem is the first person point of view, because the pronouns such as I, thou, which means you, and thy, which means your