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William Shakespeare's life William Shakespeare was born at Stratford in April 1564. His father was a yeoman, a successful tradesman until he met financial difficulties. Shakespeare was the eldest son and he attended the local grammar school. In 1584 he left Stratford and went to London. It was at that time that he first experienced the playhouse. He was received into one of the companies then in being, but his admirable wit. In 1593 the London theatres were closed because of the plague. When theatres reopened, Shakespeare became a shareholder and a main playwright of the most successful company of actors in London, the Lord Chamberlaine's Men. In 1599 his company built the Globe Theatre, where most of his plays were performed. The great tragedies were writte between 1595 and 1605. The latter part of his life was spent at Stratford. He died when he was 52 years old and was buried in the local church.
Shall I compare thee (Sonnet XVIII) Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: A B Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, C And often is his gold complexion dimmed, D And every fair from fair sometime declines, C By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed: D But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st, Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st, E F So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. G G
-Sonnets I to XVIII are devoted to the teme of increase. They are addressed to a "fair youth" , probably Shakespeare's young patron , the Earl of Southampton. In these the poet encourages the young man to marry and preserve his virtues and beauty through his children. 3 Quartains and 1 couplet First stanza starts with a question , after there is the comparation with the summer. Young man is better than summer because in summer there is a strong wind also because of the shortness of the summer. Second stanza: SOMETIMES THE SUN IS TOO HOT the beauty of the young man is OBSCURED NATURE in summer CHANGE TOO MUCH Third and fourth stanza: EXORTATION TO NOT WORRY because his BEAUTY IS IMMORTAL UNTIL PEOPLE WILL LISTEN AND SEE THIS SONNET
My mistress's eyes My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips’ red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. A B I have seen roses damasked, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. C D I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound; I grant I never saw a goddess go; My mistress when she walks treads on the ground. E F And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare. G G
The sonnet belong to the second section of the Shakespeare's sonnets and it is addressed to the "dark lady". The poet loves the woman for her human qualities, for her real look. In fact Shakespeare attacks all the qualities of the angelic woman as described by Petrarch. The poem begins to describe things in nature that are commonly perceived as beautiful and that this woman has not. The sonnet essentially raises the question "what is beauty? . Importatn is the couplet that the poet uses to draw a conclusion: "I think my love as rare as any she belied with false compare. ".
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