Original poem reprinted online here: "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? (Sonnet 18)" by William Shakespeare Originally read: October 27, 2013 More information about the Poet: William Shakespeare Probably one of the most famous (Elizabethan) sonnets of all time. This poem in particular reminds me of that old English puzzle. "Can I go to the bathroom?" "I don't know, can you?" Something facetious like that. This poem isn't facetious though. The core of the poem is not only a love poem, but also a permission poem. Where "My mistress eyes is nothing like the sun" plays with the idea of hyperbolic comparison, the play with this poem is the idea of "love." 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. The first part is a rhetorical question based on asking the other...
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