“Thy eternal summer shall not fade”: Flower of all Seasons in Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 :: Literary Analysis, Shakespeare

Shakespe ar intertwines two characteristics of beauty, patch at the same time subtly founding their differences, showing that informal transcends outer(a) beauty. Beauty is rare and true beauty tear down much so true beauty is beauty thats on the inside, and is absent in many, yet Shakespeare was able to find a woman who is graceful from the inside out. Shakespeare, in sonnet eighteen, uses descriptions of personality, and imagery to imply, and directly compare them to a girl with true inner beauty, one which surpasses even her own outer beauty.The poet compares the imperfections of summertime to contradict the iridescent outer beauty of the girl he loves. Even though the summer seems like the best season, it is always unwantedly too short (4) and nature always has its faults but the girl does not. sometimes its too hot (5) and sometimes on a delightful day its princely complexion is even dimmed, the clouds overcast which is believed, by some, to count on bad luck. save her beauty is never overcast by something else nor her gold complexion dimmed (6). However, every these imperfections are not natural for her. She, he praises, is more lovely and more temperate than a summers day (2). In praising her beauty he even emphasizes the leger more. Both lovely and temperate are words that show effective use of diction. While he does choose words that accurately express his feelings they also have strong connotations lovely could imply high gear attractiveness and exquisite beauty and temperate could imply that she is by nature a very strong, yet mild and self controlled person. Shakespeare also shows all of summers imperfections through the imagery of flowers. Another instance where summers beauty is cut short by nature and thence is incomparable to the girls beauty is when the Rough swans...Shake the darling buds of May (3), May is a time in the year when the weather starts to warm up and flowers are in full bloom, beautiful at the very beginning of summer. But sadly nature comes and snatches the beauty away, the image of the winds of May coming and blowing petals hit the beautiful flowers shows the Rough behaviors, and shortcomings that nature has to offer. At the same time the wind is also a metaphor for adversities or problems in life and how he praises the one he loves because she is not affected by obstacles. The poet also expresses and emphasizes that even though the buds and the flowers may wither with the rough winds, her beauty still holds entire especially her inner beauty, her temperate nature that ever endures adversity.