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William ShakespeareSonnet 18Shall I compare thee to a summers day? &9&9aThou art more lovely and more temperate&9&9&9&9&9&9bRough winds do shake the darling buds of May,&9&9&9&9&9aAnd summers affiance hath all too short a date&9&9&9&9&9bSome age too enthusiastic the eye of heaven shines&9&9&9&9&9cAnd often is his gold complexion dimmed,&9&9&9&9&9&9dAnd every clear from fair some epochs declines,&9&9&9&9&9c&9By chance, or natures changing course, uncut&9&9&9&9d exclusively thy immortal summer shall not fade,&9&9&9&9&9&9eNor lose possession of that fair thou owst&9&9&9&9&9&9fNor shall finale bragging thou wanderst in his shade,&9&9&9&9&9e&9When in eternal lines to time thou growst&9&9&9&9&9&9fSo long as man bunghole breathe, or eyes can see,&9&9&9&9&9gSo long lives this and this gives life to thee&9&9&9&9&9g3 Sentences1st excoriate line 12nd sentence lines 2 - 8third sentence lines 9 - 14This is a Shakespearean sonnet with no characteristics of a Petrarchan sonnet.GLOSSARYTem perate&9&9&9&9&9moderateDarling&9&9&9&9&9&9very dearLease&9&9&9&9&9&9the term during which possession is guaranteed involvement&9&9&9&9&9&9the time during which something lastsComplexion&9&9&9&9&9colour, viewable aspect, appearanceTo decline&9&9&9&9&9to diminish, decrease, deteriorateUntrimmed&9&9&9&9&9not carefully or neatly arranged or fig outFair&9&9&9&9&9&9 dish, fairness, good looksEternal &9&9&9&9&9infinite in past and future duration,&9&9&9&9&9&9without beginning or endTo brag&9&9&9&9&9to declare or assert boastfully SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO A SUMMERS DA... ...tent iambic penta measuring rod, encapsulates the idea of eternal life through versification.&9The meter is iambic pentameter and the rhythm is fairly regular throughout the sonnet. However, in a number of lines there are spondaic feet, used to emphasise threats to the beauty and the idea of eternity. Clear showcases of this are the "Rough winds" in line 3 and the "death" that will not "brag" in line 11. In the latter example the threat of death is reinforced by the vowel rhyme between the words "death" and "brag". Line 9 is an interest line as regards the rhythm. For the last two feet reinforce the turn, introduced by the "But". A regular rhythm would have a stress on "shall", followed by an unstressed "not". However, the opposite is true. This clearly adds to the contrasting tone of voice of this line after two regular iambic pentameters the stress on the "not" following the introductory "But" leaves no doubt astir(predicate) the turn the reader witnesses in this line. A truly beautiful example of a Shakespearean turn.