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Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day by William Shakespeare

SHORT SUMMARY

Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day by William Shakespeare

'Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer Day' is a sonnet that was composed by the famous poet William Shakespeare. The poet has made his beloved immortal through the artistic creation of his lines in the poem. In this poem, the poet compares his beloved to a summer's day. He says that his beloved's beauty is more pleasant and lovely than that of summer. According to the poet, a summer's day is beautiful and pleasant. Everything grows in this season. But the pleasantness and beauty of this season are only momentary. The beautiful things that grow here in this season have a short life. Most beautiful things die because of the scorching sun. Naturally or accidentally, the beauty of every beautiful thing in the summer season decreases and spoils. But the poet thinks that the external summer's beauty of his beloved will neither disappear nor will she lose the beauty that she has. Even death will not be proud of taking her. His beloved may die physically, but her beauty will remain forever in the lines of his verse. The poet adds that as long as the human race remains on earth and people can read the lines of the poem, his beloved will be remembered by all the readers who will read the poet's lines in this poem. In this way, the poet has immortalised his beloved through his creation.

MAIN THEME

Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day by William Shakespeare

The main theme of this sonnet is immortalising beauty through the work of art, especially a poem. Immortality means 'Living Forever'. We know that life lives through great deeds. Similarly, art gives life to anything else. We can make anything immortal through artistic work. Art is only a means with the help of which one can be immortalised and remembered forever. In this way, the poet makes his beloved alive forever in his artistic creation.

Write a short note on Italian sonnet and Shakespearean sonnet.

Answer:

An Italian sonnet has fourteen lines with an octave and a sestet. The octave contains eight lines, whereas the sestet contains six lines. The rhyme scheme here in this sonnet is ab, ba, ab, ba, cde, cde. The Shakespearean sonnet also has fourteen lines. Its rhyme scheme is ab, ab, cd, cd, ef, ef, and gg. The line of Shakespeare's sonnet is divided into three quatrains (a verse of four lines) and finally a couplet (a verse of two lines).

She was a Phantom of Delight

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She was a Phantom of Delight by William Wordsworth

This poem, 'She was a Phantom of Delight' is composed by William Wordsworth, who is known as a romantic poet of English literature. In this poem, the poet has portrayed a realistic and spiritual picture of his wife, Mary Hutchinson, and his reaction to her.

The poet has described the three different periods of women's lives. They are young age, married age, and old mature age. The poet writes about his feelings for his wife.

In the very first stanza, the poet has described her wife as a phantom, which is an illusion. Her eyes are compared to evening stars. Her hair is also described as dark and dusky. The poet finds his wife so beautiful before marriage. He is quite impressed by her beauty when he meets her for the first time. The poet finds her young, beautiful, and pleasant. He says that the materials are especially taken from the spring season as well as the beautiful dawn to create such beauty. In the second stanza, he presents his relationship with his wife after marriage. In this period, the poet gets a closer view of her. He finds her to be a good housewife.

She works hard and satisfies her husband. She isn't an extraordinary person. She has all the human qualities, but not to an extreme degree. For the poet, she is, all in all, a perfect housewife. The poet finds pure virginity in her.

In the final stanza, the poet writes about her old age, where she proves herself to be a perfect woman. The poet presents his wife as a mature, intellectual, and moral lady who is capable of guiding him.

In this way, this is a general view. In reality, every girl is the first young lady with beauty; later, she becomes a wife, and finally, she becomes.

Metaphor in the Poem

Metaphorically, the poet has compared his wife to abstract things. In metaphor, there is no use of 'as' or 'like', but it is considered the strongest comparison than a simile. The metaphorical comparison is 'a phantom', 'a lovely apparition', 'a moment's ornament', 'a spirit', 'a machine', 'a traveller between life and death'. The verb 'haunt' metaphorically suggests she is a ghost.

Lady Clare by Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Lady Clare by Lord Tennyson

'Lady Clare' is a narrative poem written by Alfred Lord Tennyson. This poem has proved that lovers can rise above social and economic status. They are able to remain faithful and honest with each other.

In this narrative poem, the narrator describes the devoted and faithful love affair of Lord Ronald and his cousin Lady Clare. Lord Ronald and Lady Clare are in a deep love affair. They are going to marry each other. Lord Ronald gave a lily-white dove to Lady Clare as a gift just before their marriage. On the eve of their marriage, a nurse named Alice comes to meet Lady Clare. She reveals all the facts about Lady Clare's birth. Alice informs Lady Clare that she isn't the daughter of Old Earl but took birth in a poor family. She adds that when the real daughter of Old Earl died, she buried her as her child, and then she put her baby in the place of the old Earl's daughter. Alice has kept this secret because of her poverty. Lady Clare isn't the heiress. When Lady Clare knows about reality, she has a fear that Lord Ronald won't marry her. She dresses simply as a village girl and goes in front of Lord Ronald. Lord Ronald becomes quite surprised.

Lord Ronald doesn't step back on his promise. He loves her more than before because of her truthfulness and honesty. Lord Ronald becomes ready to marry her. In this way, true love isn't hindered by social and economic status.

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