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A summertime Love     William Shakespeare wrote ab break many people, places, and amours byout his life. What he might be most remembered for are his writings astir(predicate) savour. None might be better than his praise 18. Shakespeare uses vision, personification, unusual techniques and remarkable feelings in this declaration. Few take aim matched such a task including himself. This trivial sonnet number 18 is one of the best known and most loved of all 154 poems. Mabillard states that It is too one of the most straightforward in language and intent (Mabillard). Shakespeare starts the sonnet by the praise of his lady friend without ostentation, but he easily builds the image of his lady friend into that of a perfect being. Shakespeare illustrates that as archives writes itself eat up in the books, his friend or loved lady, will get one with time. The poets hope that as long as there is mite in mankind, his poetry too will live on. Shakespeare uses a immense amount of imagery in his sonnet. Each line adds to his feeling and thoughts through flowing visions and comparisons. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, / And summers lease hath all too short a date. (Kennedy and Gioia). This line down plays summer and shows the negatives of the season. Shakespeare gives the fact sharp winds attack what beautiful flowers the ground and steers localise out in the spring. This asks the question if summer is so nice and perfect, how could it do this to something so lovely as the small buds on a tree or a flower? The next line suggests summer is short and ends far to quickly for most peoples liking. Shakespeares love could never end like summer does. He knows there is no limit such as time to his feelings and thoughts.     Throughout the sonnet, Shakespeare combines personification and imagery to add to the effect on the minds eye and its great deal of his love. Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, / And often is his nones complexion dimmed (Kennedy and Gioia) are two lines which show this perfectly. Ray says that tinct in line 6 refers only to physical appearance in the face and that it points to the face of the personified sun (Ray). Shakespeare puts down the sun which is often a favorite part of most people during summer. He also states Shakespeare for certain also assumes the other meaning of complexion most c... ...akespeare indented them. Therefore, they stand out and are very prominent. Being at the end of the sonnet was not enough for Shakespeare final emphasis. He had to thrust them out of the page at all who heap see. This shows he is completely and utterly serious about his love if the other lines did not prove it. A strong kickoff and ending just like his love.     This sonnet is the prototype for ones feelings on love. Though it is not for sure who Shakespeare is writing to, one thing is certain his love is everlasting and beautiful. He descr ibes his feelings almost as well(p) as he feels them and gives the same feelings to the audience. He outdid himself with his work and few things can match his words and heart he put into this sonnet.     Works CitedKennedy X.J. and Dana Gioia, eds. publications An Introduction. 9th ed. New York Longman, 2005. pg 815-816.Ray, Robert H. "Shakespeares sonnet 18." The Explicator. Washington      Fall 1994. Vol. 53, Iss. 1, p 10-11.Mabillard, Amanda. "An Analysis of Shakespeares Sonnet 18". Shakespeare Online. 2000. June 26, 2005. .