Sonnet 18
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Sonnet 18 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, renowned for its meditation on beauty, love, and the power of poetry to grant immortality.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English sonnet
ⓘ
Shakespearean sonnet ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| addressedTo | Fair Youth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionDate | 1590s ⓘ |
| author | William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | one of Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets ⓘ |
| closingCoupletFunction | asserts immortality through verse ⓘ |
| collection | Shakespeare's Sonnets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrast | mortal beauty vs. enduring poetry ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| culturalImpact | frequently quoted in popular culture ⓘ |
| famousLine |
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see
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So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. ⓘ |
| firstLine | Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? ⓘ |
| focus | praise of the beloved’s eternal beauty ⓘ |
| form | sonnet ⓘ |
| genre | love poetry ⓘ |
| imagery |
eternal lines
ⓘ
rough winds ⓘ summer ⓘ sun ⓘ |
| influence | widely anthologized in English poetry collections ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lineCountFinalCouplet | 2 ⓘ |
| lineCountPerQuatrain | 4 ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Elizabethan literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | English Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | written text ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| mode | lyric ⓘ |
| numberOfLines | 14 ⓘ |
| originalVerseForm | rhymed iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| philosophicalConcern | time and mortality ⓘ |
| positionInCollection | 18 ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GG ⓘ |
| sequence | Fair Youth sonnets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | three quatrains and a final couplet ⓘ |
| studiedIn | English literature courses ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | comparison of beloved to a summer’s day ⓘ |
| textualSource | Quarto of 1609 ⓘ |
| theme |
beauty
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idealization of the beloved ⓘ love ⓘ poetic immortality ⓘ transience of nature ⓘ |
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