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S O N N E T 1 8: Performance Task

The document is a 14 line poem called a sonnet by William Shakespeare. It compares the beauty of the subject to a summer's day, saying their beauty will not fade with time. The poem uses the structure of a Shakespearean sonnet, with 3 quatrains and a couplet rhyme scheme of ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. It also uses iambic pentameter and an extended metaphor comparing the subject's beauty to an eternal summer.

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S O N N E T 1 8: Performance Task

The document is a 14 line poem called a sonnet by William Shakespeare. It compares the beauty of the subject to a summer's day, saying their beauty will not fade with time. The poem uses the structure of a Shakespearean sonnet, with 3 quatrains and a couplet rhyme scheme of ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. It also uses iambic pentameter and an extended metaphor comparing the subject's beauty to an eternal summer.

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Performance Task

s o n n e t 1 8
W i l l i a m S h a k e s p e a r e

1. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?


- Shall I compare you to a summer's day?
2. Thou art more lovely and more temperate
- You are more stunning and more moderate
3. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
- Strong winds delicate buds of may
4. And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
- And the summer doesn't took last long

5. Sometimes sun shines too hot


- Sometimes the sun shines brightly, and we become overheated.
6. And often covered with clouds
- Sun's golden hue is frequently covered by clouds.
7. And every fair thing from its fairness will decline
- All lovely things fade away eventually,
8. Or just simply time’s changing course
- Whether by accident or because to the ever-changing path of
nature.

9. But thy eternal summer shall not fade


- But your youth shall not fade
10. Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st;
- Nor lose any of that beauty you possess.
11. Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st. in his shade,
- Nor death will not boast about the fact that you are
wandering in its shadow.

Explanation: He says that the youth of his beloved will not come to an
end as he, the poet, was dazed in awe because of the beauty of his
beloved, and he appreciates every inch of it immensely. He also explains
that the beauty of his beloved is ageless or immortal to the point that
nothing can take that beauty away. Even death will not be able take and
drag it to it's swamp of shadows.

12. When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st;


- When it is time, you will live in these lines.
(It means that, people will continue to remember her in these poem, even time will
pass by.)
13. So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
- As long as people can breathe or can read.
(It is connected to line 12, which she will continue to remember in these poem as
long as people can breathe or continue to see and read these poem she will live.)
14. So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
- As long these lines continue to read, this will gives life to you.
(It means that, as long as there are people who continue to read and remember
the lines of the poem, even years will pass she will continue to live and
remembered because of these poem.)

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Performance Task

s o n n e t 1 8
W i l l i a m S h a k e s p e a r e

a. Count the number of lines in the poem.


14 lines
b. A poem of fourteen lines is called a _______.
Sonnet
c. How would you divide the poem into four separate sections?
Sonnet can also be broken into three four-line sections (referred to
as quatrains), followed by a two-line section (called a couplet).

d. The four-line sections of a sonnet are known as ___.


Quatrains
e. The two lines at the end of a sonnet are known as a .
Couplet
f. How many syllables are in each line?
Each line has 10 syllables
g. There are 10 syllables in each line of a sonnet. This is known as
Iambic pentameter
h. Using the abab format, identify the rhyming scheme of the poem.
The rhyming scheme used in sonnet 18 is: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.
i. Identify the metaphor used by Shakespeare in Sonnet 18. Explain
how this metaphor is used throughout the poem.
"But thy eternal summer shall not fade," is a metaphor inside the
sonnet-long extended metaphor, and that compares the lover's
beauty to an eternal summer. William Shakespeare uses imagery in
addition to the extended metaphor that runs throughout the sonnet.

s o n n e t 1 8
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Shall I compare you to a summer's day?
You are more stunning and more moderate
Strong winds delicate buds of may
And the summer doesn't took last long
Sometimes the sun shines brightly, and we become overheated.
Sun's golden hue is frequently covered by clouds.
All lovely things fade away eventually,
Whether by accident or because to the ever-changing path of nature.
But your youth shall not fade
Nor lose any of that beauty you possess.
Nor death will not boast about the fact that you are wandering in its shadow.
When it is time, you will live in these lines.
As long as people can breathe or can read.
As long these lines continue to read, this will gives life to you.

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