Another week of Shakespeare brings us another sonnet. This is possibly Shakespeare's most famous sonnet, at least the first two lines. This poem is very complementary towards someone. Please comment with your thoughts about this sonnet. Remember that you need to say something in your comment, do not just tell me you like or dislike the poem, be sure to tell why. As always, four sentences are the minimum for your comments.
Sonnet
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date.
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed;
And every fair from fair sometimes declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimmed;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor shall Death brag thou wand'rest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st.
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
Happy Reading!
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wasn't this a monologue in romeo and Juliet. this sonnet would definitely woo the person who shakespeare wrote this for. I enjoy how shakespeare is using summer and to explain how they have a perfect complexion. or how the tree in a field on a hot day to show that the are nurturing and the shade shows that he looks out for other people. this sonnet is an excellent example of old english literature (then again all shakespeare is a great example of old english literature) flattery will get you everywhere and whoever this was for was probably tickled to the bone from this poem
ReplyDeleteIt says to me that you should enjoy the little things in life, because you never know when it's your time to go. Life goes by fast, that is why you need to take care of everything around you where ever you are, so when you leave this world, you and others will be proud of what you did for them. The reasions we are on this earth is to grow in God's image, and teach what He tought us to help others grow more like Him. The memories of you will endore and reside in the ones that will love you always. God has done good for this world and we should do the same. Chris Meindl
ReplyDeleteThe first live, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" automatically made me think of Romeo and Juliet! It sounds like it came from the balcony scene. That scene was so romantic how Romeo loved Juliet so much that he wrote her poetry of his love for her. This poem makes sounds like its being said from a guy to a girl, and that he is telling her how beautiful she is. It is very romantic!
ReplyDeleteI think Holland is exactly right! It's almost exactly what I was trying to say, only Holland said it in a different way. If anyone said that kind of thing to me, I would be tickled to the bone as well! If someone takes the time to right a poem for the one they love, then they must really love them!
ReplyDeleteI think that this poem is talking about love.I think he did this poem in the summer because to me it sounds like he was sitting outside during the summer.It sounds like Shakespeare is comparing love to summertime.In a way it reminds me of Romeo and Juliet.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Chris Meindel. I agree that we should enjoy the little things in life.I also agree with what he said about our reason for being on the earth. He basically took the words right out of my mouth!
ReplyDeleteI thought that this sonnet was talking about a person in love with someone else. When reading the sonnet, I was thinking of how this poem related to Romeo and Juliet. I found some things that Shakespeare compared a summer day to someone in love with another person. For instance, this sonnet talked about how the weather is warm in the summer and how you get a warm feeling when you fall in love. Another interesting thing I found was that the sonnet also said how there are some bad winds during the summer time and how couples go through some trouble while in love with eachother. To conclude with this comment, I must say that I liked this sonnet.
ReplyDeleteAndrew Simpson
I completely agree with Nat. We both think that the poem is talking about love. With our thoughts, Nat and I also realize that the sonnet sounds like a part of Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. The part of the play where this sonnet is most likely to be read is when Romeo and Juliet are on the balcony. This sonnet is very romantic towards the receiver.
ReplyDeleteAndrew Simpson
I think he is saying that she is better than a summers day and he lists many reasons. May has rough winds, sometimes the sun is too hot, and sometimes the sun is covered up by the clouds. He is saying that even though these things are happening around us, she stays the same. It's almost like he would rather have her than the summertime. -Randy Bridges
ReplyDeleteI think this sonnet is definately from the perspective of a guy. In simple terms, it seems that the guy is saying that summertime is only hot for part of the year, but this girl is hot all the time. And as long as there is life, he will still love her. I think he got the point across that he loves her more than the most beautiful summers day.
ReplyDeleteI really think the way Randy thought of this sonnet is awesome. The way he compared the faults in summers sunshine to the sunshine in the one he loves is really cool. It relates to mine in the fact that whatever happens, she will always be the same. Also i liked how he said that he would want her more than summer because she she hides no darkness.
ReplyDeleteDavid Sepulveda
ReplyDeleteI think that the sonnet is telling us that love is like a wave going up and down. Summertime is when falling in love gives us this warm feeling in ourselves and in other times like May in sectence 3, love can drastically affect us sometimes. But the important statement from the sonnet is that as long as we are living our lives and enjoy anything big and small, we can keeping loving and not let it affect us in anyway. I like how it connects to Romeo and Juliet and how romantic the sonnet sounds.
David Sepulveda
I think that the sonnet is telling us that love is like a wave going up and down. Summertime is when falling in love gives us this warm feeling in ourselves and in other times like May in sectence 3, love can drastically affect us sometimes. But the important statement from the sonnet is that as long as we are living our lives and enjoy anything big and small, we can keeping loving and not let it affect us in anyway. I like how it connects to Romeo and Juliet and how romantic the sonnet sounds.
ReplyDeleteDavid Sepulveda
This poem seems to be a man talking of a lady's beauty and his love for her. In the beginning, he declares her beauty. And when the middle section which says,"Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, Summer's lease hath all too short a date," Shakespeare is saying that beauty is fleeting. However, he believes her beauty will last forever. Shakespeare's expressions in this poem are intruiging to me. I think this a good sonnet for Valentines Day.
ReplyDeleteEmily of 5th
Mrs. Mathis now you have me thinking of spring and summer. I think of these things because he says "shall I compare you to a summer day?" This creates a picture of a man trying to sweet talk his way into a woman's heart on a summer day in my mind. I also think that this man is describing her and her ways, as he says there rough winds. I would say that is describing her angry moods.
ReplyDeleteJoseph Lawton
I am responding on David Sepulveda. Wow, I can't believe that our comments are sorta a like. I thought of a man trying to get this girl to fall in love with her, but I didn't think of it so much as love. Now, that I re-look at the sonnet it does look like love to me. With love having its rocky points but it is love.
ReplyDeleteJoseph Lawton
Wasn't this in Romeo and Juliet? Every time I read this I think of that play. I think I understand this but I'm not sure how I to explain it. In the last two lines I think he is saying that no he will think she is beautiful forever. My favorite line is "And summer's lease has all too short a date." because to me he is saying that summer is too short.
ReplyDelete~Katie Cumbia
@Austin Stokes
ReplyDeleteI agree 100% with what you said. That's what I thought of when I read the poem too. The guy is telling the girl he'll love her all the time and she's always beautiful. I also think he got his point across very well.
~Katie Cumbia
I liked this poem a lot. I actually understand this poem. It cool how the guy is saying like the summer is only hot in the summer and the girl is hot year round. To me he is saying he loves this girl more than a beautiful summers day.
ReplyDeleteAustin stokes i fully feel the same way. yes this poem is in the perspective of a guy. yes he is basically saying that he loves the girl more than a summer day. He is also saying that as long as he lives he will love this girl to.
ReplyDeleteI think this is about love, and i know its from Romeo and Juliet like a couple of others have said. I think hes comparing her to all of these wonderfull things. To me it sounds like hes trying to win her heart with a poem he thinks will impress her. I liked this poem and think i understood it.
ReplyDeleteIm commenting on Hollands comment. I agree that the person who this poem might have been for would definately have liked it. I think it is also a good example of old Literature the way the sentences were and how the words are different. Nor shall death brag is an example of personification i think.
ReplyDeleteI think that this poem is saying that the girl is better than summer. In the second line he says more temperate. He later says that a summer day can be rainy or windy but she is always perfect. He says nature can be untrimmed but says she will never fade. This poem is just saying that if she were a day she would always be a good one.
ReplyDeleteWell, well, well...this guy Shakespeare is a character I'll tell you that. Now when it comes to this sonnet I actually picked up a lot of stuff like the fact that he was a real "poetic" type of dude and it was almost kind of weird to me. This sonnet to me is saying that he was "In love" or something. Now to me...Just to me I also think the sonnet was also letting you in on his secret life. I believe that the dude was trying to come out of lying about cheating on his wife. That's just one guy's opinion though.
ReplyDelete@ Chris Meindl
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with him 100% because when I was reading his comment, I think that he just went into greater lengths of figuring out what was the sonnet was telling us. And what I like the most on his comment was the reason why God created us. And the way he said it just made me really speechless and what we had in commom is that we think it's more about life and love than it is about summertime and other seasons. But all I can just say is that he made a really great point on what the sonnet was saying.
David Sepulveda
I think that Shakespear is comparing a girl to the summer season. When he says, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?", I think he is talking about a girl and how "hot" she is. A lot of his lines make me think that he is talking about the beauty of a girl. For example, "By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimmed;But thy eternal summer shall not fade." To me, he is basically saying that the women he loves may change over the years but that her beauty on the inside will always stay the same. I loved the use of metaphors in this poem and overall I thought it was really good.
ReplyDeleteKara Williams
I am commenting on Stokes's comment~ I agree with him completely. He is basically saying the same thing I said except in a more simple way. I believe Shakespear was definately talking about how hot a girl was and that her beauty will never end. His use of metaphors show that.
ReplyDeleteKara Williams
i think this poem is talking about a relationship that came about during the summer. The poem talks about how im love the people are and how it is summer, but summer is short and the warm days go away. Even though summer is over the love carries on until they dye. I really liked this poem because it is about summer and love which is when most people are happiest. I think the poem is a happy poem and we should feel happy after reading it.
ReplyDeleteTo me, Shakespeare is comparing her to a summer’s day, and he says she is more beautiful and fair than even a glorious day in the summer. When he says, rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, and summer’s lease hath all too short a date, I think he means that when you grow older beauty fades. But, then he says that her beauty is an eternal summer and won’t ever fade away. Even in death, he claims that her beauty will not be taken, and that she will always be beautiful as long as eyes can see and people can breathe. I liked this sonnet because I thought is sweet and romantic, but I hope he is talking about more than skin deep.
ReplyDelete@Randy
ReplyDeleteYou opened my eyes about the part where Shakespeare is talking about the sun being too bright and then the sun dims by the weather or chance. Before your comment, I didn’t really comprehend that line and what he was trying to get across. I agree with you he is talking about that although the world around us changes in the summer (or the time of beauty), her beauty will remain through all time and not just in her youth. I noticed that Shakespeare used personification when he said,” Nor shall death brag thou wander’est in his shade.” I think this is a great sonnet for Valentine’s Day even though it is from Romeo and Juliet’s tragic love story.
Is this from Romeo and Juliet, because it sounds familiar. Anyway, I think this sonnet is about a guy telling a girl how much he loves her. The whole sonnet is basically one big metaphor comparing her to a summer's day. The comparison was interesting but I couldn't relate to it that well because I don't really like summer days very much. I wonder what the sonnet would have been like if Juliet was being compared to a winter's day instead.
ReplyDeleteROBERT THERRELL
This poem is saying to me that you need to live life to the fullest. It seems like Shakespeare is describing his own life and his lover. Is this a monologue in Romeo and Juliet? This was a great read.
ReplyDelete--Robby Fernandez
I would have to say that this poem is my favorite. I like it a lot because it's really romantic. When I look at this poem I picture a boy telling a girl how beautiful she is and how nothing can compare. My favorite part of the poem is when he says 'But your eternal beauty won't fade, nor lose any of its quality.' I think he's also talking about how in the future, when she's dead people will still remember her.
ReplyDeleteI'm commenting on Robert Therrell's comment.
ReplyDeleteI agree with his comment because I also think that Shakespeare is talking about Romeo and Juliet. I think that Romeo is telling Juliet that she's beautiful. In Robert's comment he said that he liked the connection, I liked it too, but I could relate to it and I could picture what he was saying in my head. I also like what Robert said in the end, I think it would be cool to hear what Shakespeare would of said.
@Robert Therrell
ReplyDeleteI never really noticed this to be from Romeo and Juliet, but now that you mention it it does seem familiar. I agree that this is one big metaphor. He is using imagery and making it seem like I can see exactly how she looks. There's a reason why this is one of his most famous sonnets. It's because he makes you feel and see everything he's talking about. -Randy Bridges
I think Randy has a good point. He is saying in a way that she is the best of all the things in the world. She is the common factor of beauty in it all, lasting throughout the ages. She is want he wants above all; he wants her by him through thick and thin. I think this poem has similarities with Romeo and Juliet as well. The wording as well as the story seems similar.
ReplyDeleteEmily of 5th
i agree with madison i would have thought of it that way. how love never dies out and it always brings a warm summer felling. now that i think about even in the coldest of months if there is love that warm happy summer feeling is on its way. unfortunately that warm summer feeling in Greenville can make you hide in your house with the AC on, or in most cases summer is the time when most of Greenville's AC units break down for a few weeks
ReplyDeleteIm agreeing with David. The "love can drastically affect us" thing is very true. It affects many people of many differences. Love is a rare gift that should not be taken so lightly or for granted. It is an emotional thing that is so special that it was made for one porpuse marrage. It is a powerful thing so yeah I am agreeing with David. Chris Meindl
ReplyDeleteI believe this sonnet is a love poem written by a man to his lover comparing her to summer. This is a classic sonnet that is very well-written. I believe that when Shakespeare said "Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shines", he is talking about the sun. He is comparing how she can be too magnificent to the summer sun being too hot. I love how Shakespeare can be so intellectual as well as romantic.
ReplyDelete@ Randy Bridges
ReplyDeleteI agree with your idea about Shakespeare saying she is not as good, but she is better than a summer’s day. He clearly states that she is “more lovely and more temperate.” He is obviously deeply in love with this woman, and it makes me wonder if he is talking to a specific woman, and if so, was it Anne? Obviously Shakespeare was a romantic, it just makes you wonder was it about his wife, someone else, or just no one in particular?
I think shakesphere was comparing someones face to a summer day. This indicates maybe she was a person who got happy easily her face brightened when she smiled. I think when he discribes waiting under the shade he is using it as a metephor for his temptation. He's saying he must hide from his lust.
ReplyDeleteSarah fooshang
@ nat i do agree that this is from romeo and juliet. Even the line "the rough wind shakes the darling buds of may. This is the discription of the hardships they faced in order to be together. Sometimes when you are so in love people try to break you apart. Yes, and i do agree it was said by a guy to a girl (: .
ReplyDeletesarah fooshang
Wow, Shakespeare is amzing with imagery! I really loved reading this poem because it had so much meaning within it. I even read it a couple more times just for the fun of it because that's how much I loved this poem. This poem is, no doubt, talking about the subject of love and it's very emotional in my opinion. Also, I do believe that love affects us and this poem is absolutely right.
ReplyDelete-James Cannon
(Responding to Tatiana Velez's post)
ReplyDeleteYeah, I think you're exactly right! People will still remember her and that's exactly what I pictured (a boy telling the girl how much he loves her) it! I think it's sweet as well. It really is a romantic poem.
-James Cannon
I like enjoyed reading this very much, even thought it was kind of hard for me to understand,I actually understood the meaning of it. My favorite line was "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? for me it ment that Romeo compared Juliet to a summers day, that she was beyond beautiful. For his eyes there was no preetier girl than her, just like the summer, there is no other season as hot like the summer. I also think that his feelings towards her were as hot as the summer, very calm, likeable feeling.
ReplyDeleteEmely Ruiz
This sonnet wasn't easy for me to understand but I definately like it. It has such a romance about it and a sweetness. The first two lines are the ones I hear the most. I think he is saying that yes, summer is beautiful but at some time it will end. Your beauty is like a summers day but will forever continue. I dont think he is necessarily talking about her appearance but also her personality and character.
ReplyDelete@ Chria Meindl
ReplyDeleteWhen I read what you wrote, it gave me a completly different view on the poems meaning. I think that this goes to show that Shakespears poems have a different meaning to everyone. I think he wrote them for us to come up with our own interpretation. I understand where Chris is coming from while I also agree with others that may be completely different.
This sonnet by Shakespeare sounds like a love poem to a beautiful girl that he is in love with. When he says in the first line "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" is like a hidden simile saying that she is as beautiful as bright summer's day. When he says "By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimmed;But thy eternal summer shall not fade", to me this is saying that even though this girl he is righting to may change, she will still be beautiful on the inside and he will love her. This sonnet shows a lot of emotion in it, but reading it repetitively it really jumps out what he is saying.
ReplyDelete@Robbert
ReplyDeleteI never thought about how it was his opinion about summer being so beautiful. I do how ever think he was talking about how bright the sun is during summer compared to prettiness of the girl he is writing to. I do think that this poem could rather easily be put into a winter form which would be really beautiful but in a different way. I strongly agree with everything you said, and think it would be so awesome to put the same meaning into a different prospective such as winter.
I really do like this poem of his! Right when I started reading it, I recognized the poem. I didn't know that this poem was from Romeo and Juliet though, but I do see how it relates. There is lots of imagery in the poem, that I really like. I really like the part that says "But your eternal beauty won't fade, nor lose any of its quality." I think he is saying when she is older her beauty that he sees will never change.
ReplyDelete--Kaitlyn Henderson
I am commenting on Leigh's comment.
ReplyDeleteI agree with her that he is comparing her to a summers day. A summers day has lots of beauty and it is a great way to compare. When he says that her beauty is an eternal summer and won’t ever fade away, I think he is saying that to him her beauty will never fade. I also thought that this poem was very sweet and romantic!
--Kaitlyn Henderson
I personally am not a big mushy fan, but I love the way Shakespear always chooses to express himslef. To me this is like he's telling his wife how beautiful she is, which is kind of ironic if you think about it. So maybe this wasn't for his wife, since his wife and he weren't necisarilly on good terms as it seems, so possibly this was written for a mistress? I love the way Shakespear always compares a womans beauty to natures beauty; especially because I am a big nature fanatic, and the comparisons and metaphores he makes are beautiful in their own state.
ReplyDeleteAshlie Renae Gibson
I think that Shakespeare is talking about love. I do believe that this is from Romeo & Juliet. This poem has great description and has a lot of imagery. I like how he compares Julie to a summers day.
ReplyDeleteWith this Shakespeare Sonnet, I believe that he is talking about a girl. He's apologizing to his girlfriend because they must have had a fight. He is compares her to summer day saying that she is beautiful, trying to butter her up. He's saying there are storms in summer, so they must have had a fight and that is normal for couples to have a fight. He's saying, "please don't dump me". This is what I got out of this Sonnet.
ReplyDelete~~Anthony Gelardi~~
I agree with Alex Thomas. I too find it cool how the guy is saying like the summer is only hot in the summer and the girl is hot year round. I also agree with his last sentence. I liked this a lot. It was interesting to read.
ReplyDeleteI think Andrew Simpson was on the right track when he said that couples go through trouble but I think there was more to the Sonnet than that. I think Shakespeare is apologizing because he probably started some stupid fight. I think Austin Stokes also makes a good point but I think in the Sonnet the strong winds are being compared to the girl as well. When he says, “And every fair from fair sometimes declines”, he means every good day has its ups and downs.
ReplyDelete~~Anthony Gelardi~~
I have heard the begining of this sonnet many many times before, but I've never heard the whole sonnet. To me, once again, Shakespear is talking about love. I think he's saying that that some girl is really beautiful and that he loves her and doesn't deserve her. I also think he's talking about that he's sorry and that he really does love her.
ReplyDeleteMiranda Symons
@ Randy Bridges
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you. You got me thinking about him actually writting durring the summer. I agree with you about him telling many reasons about why he loves her so much. But to me instead of him liking her better than summer, I think he's saying that with out her durring summer it would just be a cloudy mess.
Miranda Symons
This poem was a little bit easier for me to understand. I think Shakespeare was talking about a girls beauty or character dieing out. In the line where it said And every fair from fair sometimes declines,
ReplyDeleteBy chance, or nature's changing course, untrimed...he was compairing how see was pretty a summer day was. Then he in these lines i felt like he talked about how the summer endes into fall. So maybe the girl he likes is was happy and then now depressed. Thats why he chose those compairasions.
-sara damas-
I agree with ROBERT THERRELL. This poem is all a big metaphor, but also with some use of personification. Like in the part that said Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines and Nor shall Death brag thou wand'rest in his shade. The first metaphor I think is talking about the doors and the beauty of heaven. Meaning like the good life when he says too hot the eye of heaven shines. So he must of had it really good. The second one is more like personification and because death doesnt brag, death isnt a he, and death doesnt have shade.
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I think Shakespear is reffering to a woman. He is comparing her to nature when he talks about how beautiful she is. It seems like this could be from Romeo and Juliet because of how the man is talking. I like the way he compares nature to life and beauty.
ReplyDeleteJustin Noote
I agree with what Stokes said. He also compared her to nature like I did. I thought that he was correct when he said that Shakespear meant to get across the point of a man who loves a woman. It made sense to me because the guy is comparing a woman to a summer and spring and how pretty those are and then saying that even after that in winter and fall he would still love her. Nice comment Stokes.
ReplyDeleteJustin Noote
This poem reminded me of laying down on a feild of green grass. It was warm and inviting, and very uplifiting. It is refering to a girls beauty and how nature is beautiful as well. When I read this poem it makes me think about a summers eve with the girl that I love. I hope to read more poems like this
ReplyDeleteAustin Bobo
After reading the sonnet three times I think I've finally got it. The poem is about someone who is very pretty. They person he/she is talking about is being compared to a summer's day, and heaven. The poem used a lot of imagery, too. Shakespeare's adjectives and references really make this sonnet visual. I hope to read more soon.
ReplyDelete***Chelsey A.***
I didn't really like the poem. It took me awhile to understand it. I think Shakespeare is comparing a person to a summer day. I think shakespeare is talking about love again. I also think he is saying a man really loves a women. I did like how he compares in the sonnet.
ReplyDelete-Julia
I agree with Kevin. Also how he compared nature to a girls beauty. Also how he said a girls beauty was even more glorius than natures. He broke down the poem in a way that i could understand Shakespiere.
ReplyDeleteAustin Bobo
I agree with Austin Stokes. To me, this poem is in the male perspective. I also agree that he thinks that she is hot all around instead of just one season, like summer. I, too agree that the person who says this is in love and won't stop until death takes him.
ReplyDelete***Chelsey Alzate***
I read this sonnet and it reminded me of a girl and her beauty.I liked how it compared her to nature. It was compared to each other by saying that the guys eyes will never be the same as if the gardeners eyes was seeing a beautiful bed of roses. It also reminds me of Romeo and Juliet because of the way the man loves the girl. I love the imagery because it made me think about how beautiful nature is.
ReplyDeleteAlex Agudelo
I liked this poem, because I think that it is talking about spending a summers eve with someone close to you. I love summer nights and being able to spend it with someone is just amazing. I like the description shakespeare puts into this sonnet. He makes you visualize the nigh with you and that person who is close to you. Overall, this poem was great.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Justin Noote, I believe he was talking about a woman. I believe however he was talking about a man who was spending a summer eve with that special girl. I don't think hes comparing the girl to nature. I dont think he is comparing nature to anything.
ReplyDeleteThis sonnet is really interesting. The way he uses the summer and the earth to tell someone how beautiful they are is really cool. Although I do not know how he is talking about, I think he is referring to his wife. I like the part that says fair from fair.
ReplyDeleteLiam
I like wills perspective of it as spending a summer with someone close to you rather than someone's beauty. I also like Bobo and his imagery of the scene. My imagery of this would take me to a nice beach in the Caribean. I still think it is comparing summer to beauty.
ReplyDeleteLiam
I loved the way that the poem is comparing love to the winds of may and the way that summer should not fade. I think when shakespeare said that the summer should not fade, he was saying that love from a man should not fade away from the love that you have for a women some day. This poem can also be talking about how a women looks by comparing the weather because you can use the same examples that he did for saying love should not fade for talking about a girls beauty too. This poem used a great amount of metaphors well and I think that just made the poem stand out more.
ReplyDeleteHenry Hill
I believe this is a sonnett where shakespeare is describing someones beauty. In the first line it describes how this persons beauty is like Better than a summers day. Then it begins talking about the winds of march and I interpreted this as saying that the person he was speaking of has beauty that will never be changed. Overall this sonnett came off to me as being romantic and is perfect for this month it being valentines.
ReplyDeleteChandler grant
I enjoyed this poem. I think that he is talkin about a beautiful women.When he says how shall I compare thee to a summer's day and then he basically says he cannot he is saying this girl is so hot the a summer day can not compare with her.This poem is about a man seeing a beatiful women and likes what he sees .
ReplyDeleteTerah Gamble
Wow this blog took my breath away. It was so lovely and made me want to keep reading it. I think that this sonnet was about a person that is about to die, but his/her love gives them breath to live. My favorite part of the sonnet was when he said, shall I compare thee to a summers day. The reason I liked that part was because he was saying how she lights up the whole room and make is heart worm.
ReplyDeleteResponding to Alex Agudelo, I agree with him, because it does sound that he is talking about Romeo and Juliet because there is alot of love that can be realized in this poem. In this poem he did do a great job at using nature and I like that Alex said that it makes him love the nature even more because the way that shakespeare said that the wind in the month of may and that the summer can't fade away, so I also agree with that. But one thing I can't agree with fully, is that shakespeare is talking about love because this poem can mean alot of different things as far as it just being love or the way someone looks. Shakespeare did use good imagery, because he compared these different things and then he made them seem different because you can sit and think of many different reasons about this poem, so this poem was fantastic and it's going to have me thinking for a while.
ReplyDeleteHenry 2nd response to Alex Agudelo
I am commenting on Ashley Gibsons post. Like her I don't like really romantic poems. The way Shakespeare word's his Romantic poems are very likable an interesting. Like Ashley said he is comparing someone to nature or even his wife and to ke that is what makes it so captivating. I espdcially agree with Ashley that shakspeare could be talking about his wife which I didn't think of until she mentioned it.
ReplyDeleteChandler grant
I am commenting on Will Bryson's post. I agree with you about spending a summers night with someone close to you. I also think that it means when you are in a room and that special someone walk in and you heart becomes worm. I really enjoyed what you said about the visual part of this sonnet. I totally agree with you because when I read this poem I could see everything happening right before my eyes.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Austin Bobo .I can see it as a warm summer day with the boy I love. Love is warm and sweet just like summer.But sometimes when you are young ,love gets too hot and you have to cool it off.By this I mean that it may get too serious and you have to slow down.I think that is what Shakespeare meant.
ReplyDeleteTerah Gamble
To me, this poem is about a man telling a women how beautiful she is. In the first lines he says, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?...more beautiful and temperate. In my words I would say that she is lovely like summer with the flowers and sun shining bright. And her temper...it is nice and calm like summer. Also, I think its saying that no matter how old or what the lady goes through, he's love will remain the same as when she was young. It was a very nice poem to go along with the week of Valentine's Day. It helped me understand the sonnet better.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Liam. I think it is very cool that he used everyday life things to describe someone's beauty. Its gives a good source of imagery. I could see a beautiful summer day and could understand how someone's beauty could be referred to that.
ReplyDeleteWhen I first read this it made me think very long and hard. I think this sonnet was about comparing beatiful things to something thats just as beatiful. Even though it took me a while to understand this sonnet, I now know that it is saying that beauty can be anything; from a person to a sunset. The tone of the sonnet was very calm and unique.
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Reading other peoples comments, helped me figure out this sonnet even better. I agree 100% with Andrew Simpson, when he said that he was comparing a sunset to love. I believe I was on the right track but I just needed a little help. Reading other peoples comments really helped me to understand this sonnet a whole lot better. Thanks
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I actually understood this older english. Instead of rereading it over and over to figure it out it only took reading it twice. I saw how he related so many things involved in nature to other things. For example, in line 5, he calls the sun "the golden eye of heaven". I thought this was very cool and then he followed that sentence about how his complexion is sometimes dimmed which seemed like a bit of personification to me. I am not sure what the whole story of the poem behind the poem was but I liked the small comparisons that were easy to pick up on.
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ReplyDeleteI think this is from Romeo and Juliet. Since this play is surrounds a romantic background, I think that this sonnet was talking about a girl's face or her in general. Using words like heavens eyes and other things like that from nature make me think he is comparing her to the good things in nature. I think that is cool how he mixed that in.
i agree with Justin Noote in my opinion shakespeare is talking about beauty and comparing the person to summer. That is one thing i love about this poem is that it involves summer. I lover how the sonnet makes it so you can just imagine the summer breeze and warm air. I think that this is one of my favorite sonnets by shakespeare.
ReplyDeleteAlong with everyone else, this reminded me of Romeo and Juliet. At first, it took me a little while to understand the meaning of this poem. It is a very romantic poem that shows love that he felt for someone, perhaps Anne Hathaway. This makes me want to read more of Shakespeare to see what other kind of things he writes about.
ReplyDelete-I completely agree with Molly. The language used in this poem could take a girl's breath away. I agree with Molly because I just couldn't take my eyes off of the screen. I just had to keep reading it and see what he thought of the girl he is describing. I never thought of saying "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day" could also mean this woman lights up a room. Reading all of these comments has opened my mind to very many interpretations.
Mica Clark
I think that this sonnet is talking about love, somehow we relate this poem back to Romeo and Juliet. The Imagery was one reason why I thought that this poem might be talking about love. Also the metaphors in this poem are really easy to spot out and if you can use the Imagery shown up in this sonnet, it is very easy to understand why this is talking about love of two people. Also I think that this is taken by viewpoint of a young man to a young girl speaking his love to her.
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Will, I think that you are right when you are talking about a person spending their Summer with another person. I think that he is comparing her to the nature of life. I also agree with Austin and Kara about how a Woman's beauty will never change. I also agree with Sydney with what she was saying about how it does take place in the Summer because the imagery compares right to a beautiful Summer's day.
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I think that this poem is talking about how a beautiful women is like a perfect summer day.When Shakespeare says "but thy eternal summer shall not fade"I think that he is talking about how the woman may change.How she will get older and look older and her beautiful complexion will start to fade away,but her inner beauty will always remain.He is saying that no matter how she looks he knows the true beauty is on the inside.
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@ Jacob McDaris
ReplyDeleteI so agree with you.When he says "shall I compare the to a summers day" he is talking about how she is pretty like a beautiful summers day.I also agreed with you that when he says"by chancemor nature's changing course,untrimmed;but thy eternal summer shal not fade"he is talking about how she will always be beautiful on the inside even if she changes on the outside.No matter how she looks on the outside he will still love her for what's on the inside.
-Hayley Ross
I like this poem because it compares summer to a beautiful woman flawlessly. It also shows how much Shakespeare loved the women. The sonnet is a beautiful work of art and a love note to a woman. I can easily see why this is one of Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets.
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Liam worte in an earlier post that said he did not know who shakespeare was talking about, I think he is referring to his wife. That made me wonder who was it about. I do not think it was about his wife since they had isusses (2nd bed.) Thank you for making me think Liam.
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I think that this poem is about love but also about life. I think it's about love because it seems like he is comparing summer, which always has beatiiful days, to a woman. But not just a woman he met on the street but a special woman to him one he holds close to his heart. So he compares the beauty of summer to the beauty of the woman. I think that it's about life because it is trying to say that you shouldn't waste your time doing things that don't matter its saying enjoy the little things in life and you will enjoy the memories they bring!
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I am commenting on will bryson's comment.
ReplyDeleteI agree with him because he thinks that the sonnet is about love and a girl and summer which is partly what I said. I think that Shakespeare isn't only talking about the night butthead hole summer. Also I think that summe is a time to be happy and to spend time with someone amazing just like will said. But I do agree with will and most of othe peoples comments they seem to have the same idea I had about the sonnet.
Casey jeanfreau
This was such a beautiful sonnet! I definitly enjoyed this so much. I think it's about a man telling his wife, or lover how beautiful she is. Everything he said about her was in comparison to her beauty. Obviously whoever said this was deeply in love. I also think that the person that he is talking about is beautiful so greatly, that all the other men think she is beautiful. I loved this one and I might write this on paper and put it on my mirror or something. :)
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I agree with Chandler and Ashley's comment. I think that his work here clearly displayed love and romance, which is definitly sutible for the season of love. Come to think of it, in my comment, I said he might be talking about his wife. Me and Ashley both said that. However, it probably wasn't his wife beacuse in reality, he and his wife didn't really love each other the way love is expressed in this piece of art. So I now disagree with the concept of him writing to his wife, but it was still a good thought while reading it. :)
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@ Chelsey Alzate.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. Now that I think about it, I think the poem is talking about someone who is pretty. I also see how you think the sonnet is visual. I think you did a good job. :)
-Julia
This is a really nice poem! To me, I think in the beginning, he is telling his lover how beautiful she is and everything. Then in the middle, how summer isn't long enough for him and I think he talks about the sun. In the ending it's like he is saying how you will always be beautiful, even after you die. I also noticed he kind of uses imagery when he talks about the sun.
ReplyDeleteI am commenting on Casey's post.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you when you say this poem is about love and life. And also how you think heis comparing a woman and the summer. But I don't think he is saying that the summer is always beautiful because he talks about "Rough Winds." I also agree when you say he is writing for/about someone he cares about because it seems like he is writing from his heart. But in the end I think it talks about how even when you die, you are still somehow lively and beautiful, not so much about memories.
I believe that Shakespeare was saying the lovely girl with him has an eternal summer within herself. She's more beautiful inside and out than a summer's day. Rough winds may shake the buds of May, but the girl is not easily shaken. However, she isn't stubborn (she doesn't have a bad temper). I think that Shakespeare is trying to show the girl that although there are many wonderful things about summer, it will never compare to her or her beauty.
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ReplyDeleteI thought what you said made a lot of sense. I was just re-thinking my last post. It is possible that although the girl's inner beauty may never fade, her outter beauty may change and then die out just like nature. Trees and grass, for example, go through different seasons, and during the summer they can be the prettiest. But eventually, when summer leaves, the trees and grass start to die and wither.
It took me a little bit to figure out what exactly this poem was about. I think it was about someone comparing a girls beauty to summer and to sunshine. Towards the end, I think it starts to talk about how she will always be beautiful, and at the beginning talking about how he will always love her,instead of comparing her to summer, etc. The use of imagery was quite extensive, and I really like peoms like this one, so it should be easy to guess what I thought of the peom. I think it was partially saying that even when you die, you are still as beautiful as you are in life, mostly beccause of lines 8-10.
ReplyDeleteI liked this poem and thought it was pretty good. After reading it I thought it was familiar from Romeo and Juliet. I think it is about how much you can love somone and nothing can ever take that away. Like death or separation of any kind. His statement about rough winds describe that love may not always be easy but survives through the rough times.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Holland about it sounding familair from Romeo and Juliet. I like his statement about using the summer to describe what I think is a perfect love. I am not sure about the flattery because I think he is talking about true love. Even though you love someone you should be honest and not flatter them all the time.
Michael Holland
I agree with Liam. I also thought it was cool that he used summer and earth type things to describe someone's beauty and/or personality. It brings a lot of imagery to the mind. I also agree with Will because it does give you the feeling that you could be around a person on a summers day.
ReplyDeleteI think that he was sitting outside writing a poem on a girl he thought was "hot." He was trying to express the way he thinks of a girl by nature and what he sees. Shakespeare uses a lot of nature to express his feeling towards something/anything. By the looks of it, I'm sure he conquered this girl's heart with the poem.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Casey. This poem also contains things related to life and how you have to enjoy the things you have while you have them. As I thought about your comment with the beauty of the women, maybe it's not just someone who he just met. It sounds like he's been with this person for a while and just noticed her beauty and how amazing she is. Great point of view.
ReplyDeleteI cant make up my mind if this sonnet is directed to a woman or possibly shakespears religous figure. Whichever it certainly is impressive and discrptive. Whoever he is writing to his use of a undying summer day is very pleasing. However the characteristics he gives this figure or person seem to be inhuman with talk of eternal life. Im still cofused about who he is writing too but whoever it is must have been very pleased.
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ReplyDeleteThis is certainly a romance poem. "Summer's lease hath all too short a date" without a doubt means life ends very quickly. "Natures changing course untrimmed" probably means life is wild and unpredictable. And finally, he talks about how you ('you' not being anyone in particular) will never die; your summer will never end, and death will never brag about claiming you.
Peter Scott
I don't fully understand this poem after reading it a few times. I think a guess at what it means is that God is there for you when all else fails. Even in the greatest times of distress and despair. Also I think he is comparing his wife to the seasons and their life together was similar to the conditions of the seasons.
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ReplyDeleteI couldn't decide what I thought the teacher was thinking when she told Paul that the letter he wrote was a waste of her time. I like what you thought she was saying and I think it makes a lot of sense. I bet Paul had fun because his teacher was very important to him but when the teacher told him that he was a waste of her life he decided that he needed to focus more on school rather than having fun.