What is the meaning of the poem “Sonnet 18”, created by William Shakespeare?
Bare in mind that he is talking about English summer, and not the 40C or 100F I’m used to. Simply put, he is comparing the woman of his affection to a summer day, and no matter how good, she is better. The sun goes behind a cloud but she always shines, Rose buds get bruised by the wind, but she is always gentle, and lastly she will live on forever in his words, because the poem could mean no-one else but her and we will all recognise her from it. As always, look at the metre used and the rhyming pattern. The beauty of this poem is tied to the strict structural rules that a sonnet is bound by.
