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SONNET 18 - Coggle Diagram
SONNET 18
POETIC DEVICES
ANAFORA
"so long"
PERSONIFICATION
thy eternal summer
shall Death brag thou
METAPHOR
eye of heaven
summer's lease
JUXTAPOSITION
FIRST STANZA
compare lover to a summers day?
doesn't work
more temperate
more pleasant
summer's too short
SECOND STANZA
comparing lover to the sun
doesn't work
sun's too hot
sometimes dimmed by clouds
sun is not perfect
THIRD STANZA
everything beautiful and alive decays
by chance (accident or illness)
time and death (no escape)
FINAL COUPLET
solution "svolta"
your beauty survives as long as there are people and art
THEMES
ART AND IMMORTALITY
Art = eternal
real person decays and dies
LITERARY CONTEXT
RHYME SCHEME AND METER