Sonnet 18

A poem of fourteen lines is called a ___________.

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The four line sections of a sonnet are known as ____________.

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The two lines at the end of a sonnet are known as a __________________.

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Paraphrase of the line

"Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade"

• But your beauty will never fade

• Stormy winds will shake the May flowers

• even Death will not be able to claim you

• or lose its inherent loveliness

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Paraphrase of the line

"And every fair from fair sometime declines"

• and summer lasts for too short of a time

• and many times it is overcast

• and everything beautiful eventually decays

• when in my eternal poetry you will grow

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Paraphrase the line

"So long as men can breathe or eyes can see"

• As long as there are people who see and breathe

• You are more beautiful and gentle

• Stormy winds will shake the May flowers

• But your beauty will never fade

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Paraphrase the line

"Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines"

• and summer lasts for too short of a time.

• Sometimes the sun is too hot,

• this will live and give you life

• But your beauty will never fade or lose its inherent loveliness,

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And summer's lease hath all too short a date

• and many times it is overcast

• either by some unforeseen circumstance, or nature's course

• and summer lasts for too short of a time.

• when in my eternal poetry you will grow.

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Theme of Sonnet 18

• War

• Love

• Family

• Friends

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Message of Sonnet 18

• True love never dies

• True love waits

• Summer is the best season.

• Words are powerful

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