...three of its forms and to remarkable effect. SHAKESPEARE'S SONNET 18 Here is Shakespeare's poem: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely...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...

...this: perhaps this sonnet, or perhaps the collection of sonnets 54 Shakespeare's Sonnets 55 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely...May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date. 4 Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimmed; And every fair...

...language and startlingly original imagery. SONNETS 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely...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 dimm'd; And every fair...

...as windbreaks, and a return to agricultural fashion of winter sowing. May in the twentieth century Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date . . . Shakespeare was comparing the intended recipient of the sonnet to an English early summer's day,...

...that transmit and receive it. We all understand the emotion expressed when Shakespeare says, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day! / Thou art more lovely and more temperate. "69 Like all people, gays and lesbians are drawn to particular others, with whom they engage in loving...

...still hoping to be seduced by that leg of lamb. On hearing Keillor recite the first two lines, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate," I pulled out pen and paper and wrote, "Shall I compare thee to a stuffed leg of lamb? Thou art more...

...child of yours alive that time, You should live twice — in it, and in my rhyme. SONNET XYIII. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day! Thou art more lovely and more temperate : Bough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date : Sometime...

...性， 以及與其他詩人爭取贊助者之寵幸。 下面三首是膾炙人 口之作: 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely...May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: And often is his gold complexion dimmed; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance or nature's...

...his mother, probably bore the scars of his bout with smallpox. SONNET 18 BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely...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...

...clear. William Shakespeare England 1564-1616 SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO A SUMMER'S DAY? Sonnet 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely...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...