Rachel Diaz Period2

SONNET 18 & 54

THEME: LOVESOMEONE WHO FEELS HOW BEAUTIFUL THIS

PERSON IS TO HIM & SOMEONE WHO QUESTIONS IF A WOMAN HAS ANY TYPE OF

FEELINGS

“BUT THY ETERNAL SUMMER SHALL NOT FADE”

“MY LOVE LIKE THE SPECTATOR IDLY SITS”

SONNET 18AUTHOR: WILLIAM

SHAKESPEAREPG. 1

SONNET 54AUTHOR: EDMUND

SPENSERPG. 1

LOVE

Sonnet 18- This poem is comparing someone with the seasons. Shakespeare feels that no matter how old she gets she will always be beautiful to him.

“but thy eternal summer shall not fade”.. “when in eternal lines to time thou grow’st”

Sonnet 54- The poet feels like he is an actor on a stage showing different types of emotions for one girl but she is immune to tragedy or happiness.

“yet she, beholding me with constant eye, delights not in my mirth nor rues my smart”… “what then can move her?... She is no woman, but a senseless stone.”

SUMMARY

LOVE

Sonnet 18 – The speakers POV towards this girl is that she is perfect. He thinks that she will be this perfect for the rest of her life no matter whether she gets old or grows wrinkles. He is addressing this to the love of his life.

Sonnet 54 – This speakers POV is someone in love but frustrated. He wants her to show her emotions towards things he does for her. No matter what he does she is never shows how she feels about it. He is addressing this to someone he loves and wants to know what will make her express her feelings to him.

SPEAKER & SUBJECT

LOVE

Sonnet 18 • Personification- (lines 9-10)- he is giving life to summer. He

may see this one girl with so much beauty but to other people she may not be such a big deal. It raises self esteem.

• Metaphor – (line 3-4)- trying to say that the months can move with a blow of the wind which is impossible because May cant move and does not have life.

Sonnet 54• Hyperbole-( line 12)- just because you don’t laugh it doesn't’t

mean that your heart will be a rock. • Personification- (line 14) saying that this woman is not a

human but a rock because she doesn’t have feel any emotions.

STYLE

LOVE

Sonnet 18• Romantic- (lovely, darling, heaven, gold, eternal) That

their love will never fade no matter what happens in the future.

Rhyme scheme

Sonnet 54• Intrigued- (mask, theatre, diversely, but, when I… when

she) wants to know what can move her or make her feel some type of emotion.

Rhyme scheme

TONE & STRUCTURE

LOVE